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

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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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora 1 2015
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 1988
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 2 2023
Acrocordia salweyi 1 2015
Aeshna cyanea (Southern Hawker) 1 2015
Aeshna grandis (Brown Hawker) 1 2014
Ajuga reptans (Bugle) 1 2023
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 1 2023
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) 1 2023
Amandinea punctata 1 2015
Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid) 1 2023
Anthomyia plurinotata 1 2015
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) 1 2023
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2023
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 2023
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 1 2024
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2015
Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana 1 2015
Asplenium ruta-muraria (Wall-rue) 1 1999
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 2 2023
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2015
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 2015
Brachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly) 1 2016
Bryum radiculosum (Wall Thread-moss) 1 2009
Buellia aethalea 1 2015
Buellia ocellata 1 2015
Caloplaca albolutescens 1 2015
Caloplaca arcis 1 2015
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2015
Caloplaca austrocitrina 1 2015
Caloplaca chlorina 1 2015
Caloplaca crenulatella 1 2015
Caloplaca dichroa 1 2015
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2015
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2015
Caloplaca limonia 1 2015
Caloplaca oasis 1 2015
Caloplaca ruderum 1 2015
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2015
Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle) 5 2016
Calystegia sepium (Hedge Bindweed) 1 2023
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell) 1 2023
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2015
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2015
Candelariella reflexa 1 2015
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2015
Castanea sativa (Sweet Chestnut) 1 2021
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 2015
Catillaria lenticularis 1 2015
Coenagrion puella (Azure Damselfly) 4 2019

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

Data sets Licence Records