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
Acarospora privigna 1 1986
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2010
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2011
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2010
Arthonia atra 1 1986
Arum maculatum (Lords-and-Ladies) 1 2010
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound) 1 2010
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2010
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2011
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2011
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2011
Bryum radiculosum (Wall Thread-moss) 1 2011
Buellia aethalea 1 1986
Buellia ocellata 1 1986
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1986
Campylopus introflexus (Heath Star Moss) 1 2011
Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bitter-cress) 1 2010
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2011
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2010
Cliostomum griffithii 1 1986
Conopodium majus (Pignut) 1 2010
Cotoneaster horizontalis (Wall Cotoneaster) 1 2010
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2010
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Common Pincushion) 1 2011
Didymodon tophaceus (Olive Beard-moss) 1 2011
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2011
Diploicia canescens 1 1986
Diploschistes muscorum 1 1986
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1986
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 2010
Festuca rubra agg. 1 2010
Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) 1 2010
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2010
Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop) 1 2010
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 1 2010
Geranium robertianum (Herb-Robert) 1 2010
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 2010
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2011
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 1986
Hedera helix 1 2010
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2011
Hyacinthus orientalis (Hyacinth) 1 2010
Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum (Supine Plait-moss) 1 2011
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2011
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 2010
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2010
Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris) 1 2010
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2011
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 1 2010
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 1 2010

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

Data sets Licence Records