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
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 1 2013
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 2 2013
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2013
Agonimia tristicula 1 2013
Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent) 1 2013
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent) 1 2013
Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) 1 2013
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) 1 2013
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2013
Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock) 1 2013
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 2013
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) 1 2013
Arum italicum (Italian Lords-and-Ladies) 1 2013
Aspicilia calcarea 2 2013
Asplenium ruta-muraria (Wall-rue) 1 2013
Aucuba japonica (Spotted-laurel) 1 2013
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound) 1 2013
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2013
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 1 2013
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 2013
Buddleja (Buddleja) 1 2013
Buellia aethalea 2 2013
Buellia ocellata 1 2013
Buxus sempervirens (Box) 1 2013
Caloplaca arcis 1 2013
Caloplaca austrocitrina 1 2013
Caloplaca crenularia 1 1998
Caloplaca dichroa 1 2013
Caloplaca flavescens 3 2013
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 2013
Caloplaca oasis 2 2013
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1990
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 3 2013
Candelariella medians f. medians 3 2013
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 2013
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 1 2013
Cardamine flexuosa (Wavy Bitter-cress) 1 2013
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bitter-cress) 1 2013
Carex pendula (Pendulous Sedge) 1 2013
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 2013
Cedrus atlantica (Atlas Cedar) 1 2013
Cedrus libani (Cedar-of-Lebanon) 1 2004
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 1 2013
Certhia familiaris (Treecreeper) 1 2013
Chamerion angustifolium (Rosebay Willowherb) 1 2013
Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine) 1 2013
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 1 2013
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2013
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 1 2013
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow) 1 2013

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

Data sets Licence Records