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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Ischnura elegans (Blue-tailed Damselfly) 3 2004
Jacobaea 4 2002
Juglans regia (Walnut) 1 2002
Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious) 1 2001
Koeleria macrantha (Crested Hair-grass) 1 1998
Laburnum anagyroides (Laburnham) 2 2002
Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce) 1 2001
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 2 2001
Lapsana communis subsp. communis 2 2001
Lathyrus latifolius (Broad-leaved Everlasting-pea) 1 2001
Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling) 1 2001
Lauria (Lauria) cylindracea (Common Chrysalis Snail) 1 2015
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 2012
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2012
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2012
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 2012
Lecanora expallens 1 2012
Lecanora polytropa 1 2012
Lecidea grisella 1 2012
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma 1 2012
Lecidella scabra 1 2012
Leimonis erratica 1 2012
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 4 2001
Lepraria incana s. str. 1 2012
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 3 2001
Libellula depressa (Broad-bodied Chaser) 11 2003
Linaria purpurea (Purple Toadflax) 1 2002
Linaria vulgaris (Common Toadflax) 1 2001
Linum catharticum (Fairy Flax) 3 2001
Lissotriton vulgaris (Smooth Newt) 2 2022
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 2 2001
Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle) 1 2001
Lotus corniculatus (Common Bird's-foot-trefoil) 4 2001
Lotus pedunculatus (Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil) 1 2002
Luzula campestris (Field Wood-rush) 1 2002
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping-Jenny) 1 2002
Lysimachia 2 2001
Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon-grape) 1 2002
Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow) 2 2001
Matricaria chamomilla (Scented Mayweed) 1 1998
Matricaria discoidea (Pineappleweed) 1 2001
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 4 2001
Melissa officinalis (Balm) 1 2002
Mercurialis perennis (Dog's Mercury) 1 2002
Monerolechia badia 2 2012
Muscari neglectum (Grape-hyacinth) 1 2001
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not) 1 1998
Myosotis laxa (Tufted Forget-me-not) 1 2001
Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not) 1 2002
Myriolecis albescens 1 2012

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

Data sets Licence Records