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 2008
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 2008
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 2 2008
Agrimonia eupatoria (Agrimony) 1 2008
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2008
Arctium minus (Lesser Burdock) 2 2008
Arenaria serpyllifolia 1 2008
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 2008
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 1 2008
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound) 1 2008
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 2 2008
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 1 2008
Blennocampa phyllocolpa 2 2021
Bombylius major (Dark-edged Bee-fly) 1 2019
Brachytron pratense (Hairy Dragonfly) 1 2000
Bryonia dioica (White Bryony) 1 2008
Calystegia sepium (Hedge Bindweed) 1 2008
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 2 2008
Carex hirta (Hairy Sedge) 2 2008
Carex muricata subsp. pairae (Small-fruited Prickly-sedge) 1 2008
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 2 2008
Centaurium erythraea (Common Centaury) 1 2008
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 2 2008
Chenopodium (Indet. Goosefoot) 1 2008
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle) 2 2008
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 2 2008
Conium maculatum (Hemlock) 2 2008
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 1 2008
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 1 2008
Crepis capillaris (Smooth Hawk's-beard) 1 2008
Cynoglossum officinale (Hound's-tongue) 1 2008
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2008
Epilobium tetragonum (Square-stalked Willowherb) 1 2008
Euphorbia helioscopia (Sun Spurge) 1 2008
Euphorbia lathyris (Caper Spurge) 1 2008
Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge) 1 2008
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 2008
Festuca rubra agg. 2 2008
Filago vulgaris (Common Cudweed) 1 2008
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2008
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 1 2008
Galium saxatile (Heath Bedstraw) 1 2008
Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw) 1 2008
Geranium dissectum (Cut-leaved Crane's-bill) 1 2008
Geranium lucidum (Shining Crane's-bill) 1 2006
Geranium molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill) 1 2008
Geranium pusillum (Small-flowered Crane's-bill) 1 2008
Geranium pyrenaicum (Hedgerow Crane's-bill) 1 2008
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert) 1 2008
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 2 2008

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

Data sets Licence Records