Ecological summary

Burial grounds are fantastic places for biodiversity, often containing species rich grassland which was once widespread in the UK. The walls and monuments create habitat for amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and invertebrates as well as ferns, mosses and liverworts. Of the 2,000 lichen species in the UK, 700 are found in churchyards with a third of these rarely found elsewhere. Check for thrushes feeding on yew berries and swifts and bats under the eaves.

Caring for God's Acre is a national charity dedicated to supporting those managing burial grounds for conservation and heritage purposes. More information on the support offered can be found on their website here: https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk. To view the occurrence records in this burial ground click on the View records button underneath the map.

Ancient & Veteran Trees

The UK holds a globally important population of veteran and ancient yew trees of which three-quarters are found in the churchyards of England and Wales. There are about 800 of these ancient and veteran yews, aged from 500 to several 1,000 years old, with no known upper age limit. Burial grounds may contain veteran trees of other species.

Burial grounds may also contain veteran trees of other species, acting as hosts to a wealth of associated plants, animals, lichen and fungi.

Bats and Swifts

Bats – Bats use both the buildings and also the mature and veteran trees within burial grounds to roost, breed and overwinter. These places are relatively unchanging and so populations may have built up over centuries. In addition, bats may forage and feed over the grassland and other vegetation, taking advantage of the wide variety of insect species to be found.

Swifts – The eaves, roofs, towers and steeples of historic churches and chapels, combined with the space around them for accessing nooks and crannies make burial grounds excellent for nesting swifts. These buildings are relatively unchanging and so populations may have built up over centuries. Nests are hard to find and so surveying is crucial for good management.

[counting] species

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

Datasets

datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas Beautiful Burial Grounds for this place.

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Other Heritage Information

Group Species

[counting] species

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 2 2009
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 1 2000
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2000
Agonimia tristicula 2 2009
Amandinea punctata 1 2009
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2000
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 2000
Arthonia radiata 1 2009
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 1 2000
Aspicilia calcarea 2 2009
Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana 1 2009
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 2009
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2000
Bromus sterilis (Barren Brome) 1 2000
Bryonia dioica (White Bryony) 1 2000
Buellia aethalea 2 2009
Buellia ocellata 1 2009
Caloplaca arcis 1 2009
Caloplaca aurantia 2 2009
Caloplaca citrina s. str. 2 2009
Caloplaca flavescens 2 2009
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2006
Caloplaca oasis 2 2009
Caloplaca saxicola 2 2009
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 2009
Calystegia sepium subsp. sepium (Great Bindweed) 1 2000
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2006
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 2009
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 2009
Carduus crispus (Welted Thistle) 1 2000
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 2 2009
Catillaria lenticularis 2 2009
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 1 2000
Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 1 2000
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare 1 2000
Chenopodium album (Fat-hen) 1 2000
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2000
Diploicia canescens 2 2009
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 2009
Elytrigia repens (Common Couch) 1 2000
Epilobium hirsutum (Great Willowherb) 1 2000
Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge) 1 2000
Fallopia convolvulus (Black-bindweed) 1 2000
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) 1 2000
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2000
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 2 2000
Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw) 1 2000
Geranium dissectum (Cut-leaved Crane's-bill) 1 2000
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 2000
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 2009

Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records