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.

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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
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) 1 2021
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 1 2021
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut) 1 2021
Antitype chi (Grey Chi) 1 2012
Arianta arbustorum (Copse Snail) 1 2021
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2022
Cantharis nigricans 2 2022
Cantharis pellucida 1 2022
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 2 2021
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 1 2021
Crataegus laevigata (Midland Hawthorn) 1 2022
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 1 2022
Deroceras (Deroceras) reticulatum (Netted Field Slug) 1 2021
Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed) 1 2022
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog) 1 2022
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2022
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 2 2021
Lichen (unidentified) 1 2012
Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass) 2 2021
Lysimachia nemorum (Yellow Pimpernel) 2 2021
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping-Jenny) 1 2021
Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons) 2 2012
Mercurialis perennis (Dog's Mercury) 1 2022
Nebria brevicollis 1 2021
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 2012
Parmelia 1 2012
Pilosella aurantiaca (Fox-and-cubs) 1 2022
Plantago major (Greater Plantain) 1 2021
Pseudofumaria lutea (Yellow Corydalis) 2 2022
Pterostichus madidus (Black Clock) 1 2021
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 2022
Sapindaceae 1 2011
Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) 2 2023
Saxifraga (Saxifrage) 1 2021
Sedum rupestre (Reflexed Stonecrop) 1 2021
Trentepohlia 1 2012
Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian) 2 2021
Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell) 1 2022
Viburnum opulus (Guelder-rose) 1 2022
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 2011
Xanthoria 2 2012
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records