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
Abrostola tripartita (Spectacle) 6 2017
Acentria ephemerella (Water Veneer) 1 2017
Aceria pseudoplatani 1 2013
Acleris variegana (Garden Rose Tortrix) 1 2016
Acronicta leporina (Miller) 1 2017
Acronicta psi/tridens (Grey/Dark Dagger) 2 2017
Agapeta hamana (Common Yellow Conch) 2 2017
Agrotis exclamationis (Heart & Dart) 9 2017
Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart) 1 2017
Agrotis segetum (Turnip Moth) 1 2017
Alcis repandata (Mottled Beauty) 1 2017
Anania hortulata (Small Magpie) 7 2017
Anarta trifolii (Nutmeg) 1 2017
Andricus quercuscalicis (Knopper Gall) 2 2015
Apamea anceps (Large Nutmeg) 3 2016
Apamea epomidion (Clouded Brindle) 1 2016
Apamea lithoxylaea (Light Arches) 2 2016
Apamea monoglypha (Dark Arches) 5 2017
Apamea remissa (Dusky Brocade) 1 2016
Apamea sordens (Rustic Shoulder-knot) 9 2017
Apamea sublustris (Reddish Light Arches) 1 2017
Apamea unanimis (Small Clouded Brindle) 2 2017
Autographa gamma (Silver Y) 2 2017
Autographa jota (Plain Golden Y) 3 2017
Axylia putris (Flame) 6 2017
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2013
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 2 2012
Biston betularia (Peppered Moth) 6 2017
Blastobasis lacticolella (Wakely's Dowd) 1 2016
Bryophila domestica (Marbled Beauty) 1 2016
Bryotropha affinis (Dark Groundling) 1 2017
Bucculatrix thoracella (Lime Bent-wing) 1 2021
Bucculatrix ulmella (Oak Bent-wing) 1 2020
Calliteara pudibunda (Pale Tussock) 2 2017
Cameraria ohridella (Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner) 1 2012
Campaea margaritaria (Light Emerald) 3 2017
Caradrina clavipalpis (Pale Mottled Willow) 3 2017
Caradrina morpheus (Mottled Rustic) 3 2016
Carcina quercana (Long-horned Flat-body) 1 2016
Celypha lacunana (Common Marble) 4 2017
Celypha striana (Barred Marble) 2 2017
Charanyca trigrammica (Treble Lines) 1 2017
Chrysoteuchia culmella (Garden Grass-veneer) 6 2017
Cidaria fulvata (Barred Yellow) 5 2017
Colostygia pectinataria (Green Carpet) 4 2017
Coprinus comatus (Shaggy Inkcap) 2 2013
Cosmia trapezina (Dun-bar) 2 2017
Craniophora ligustri (Coronet) 2 2017
Crocallis elinguaria (Scalloped Oak) 1 2016
Cucullia umbratica (Shark) 1 2016

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

Data sets Licence Records