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

View records Download map

Datasets

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

Browse the list of datasets and find organisations you can join if you are interested in participating in a survey for this place.

Other Heritage Information

Group Species

[counting] species

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

Showing 1 - 43 of 43 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 1 2000
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2000
Beris chalybata (Murky-legged Black Legionnaire) 3 1984
Bombylius discolor (Dotted Bee-fly) 4 1984
Bombylius major (Dark-edged Bee-fly) 2 1984
Brachythecium mildeanum (Sand Feather-moss) 1 2018
Bryonia dioica (White Bryony) 1 1992
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 1 2000
Chorisops tibialis (Dull Four-spined Legionnaire) 2 1983
Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly) 1 1984
Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly) 1 1984
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 1 2000
Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dog's-tail) 1 2000
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2000
Dialytrichia mucronata (Pointed Lattice-moss) 1 2018
Goniglossum wiedemanni 2 1992
Haematopota crassicornis (Black-horned Cleg) 1 1991
Haematopota pluvialis (Notch-horned Cleg) 2 1984
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog) 1 2000
Juncus inflexus (Hard Rush) 1 2000
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 1 2000
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 1 2000
Machimus atricapillus (Kite-tailed Robberfly) 1 1984
Microchrysa flavicornis (Green Gem) 2 1984
Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem) 1 1983
Oxycera rara (Four-barred Major) 1 1984
Pachygaster atra (Dark-winged Black) 1 1984
Pachygaster leachii (Yellow-legged Black) 2 1984
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 2000
Poa trivialis (Rough Meadow-grass) 1 2000
Ranunculus acris (Meadow Buttercup) 1 2000
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 2000
Rhagio tringarius (Marsh Snipefly) 2 1984
Rumex crispus (Curled Dock) 1 2000
Sargus flavipes (Yellow-legged Centurion) 1 1984
Sargus iridatus (Iridescent Centurion) 2 1984
Scenopinus fenestralis (House Windowfly) 1 1983
Solva marginata (Drab Wood-soldierfly) 1 1983
Tabanus autumnalis (Large Marsh Horsefly) 1 1984
Taraxacum officinale agg. (Dandelion) 1 2000
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 2000
Trifolium repens (White Clover) 1 2000
Urtica dioica (Common Nettle) 1 2000
  • »
View list of all occurrence records for this place ([counting] records) View map of all occurrence records for this place ([counting] records)

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

Data sets Licence Records