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
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2004
Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal-grass) 1 2004
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2004
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) 1 2004
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2004
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's-purse) 1 2004
Centaurea nigra sens. lat. (=nigra/debeauxii) (Common Knapweed) 1 2004
Centaurea scabiosa (Greater Knapweed) 1 2004
Cerastium fontanum (Common Mouse-ear) 1 2004
Cerastium semidecandrum (Little Mouse-ear) 1 2004
Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-summer) 1 2004
Chaerophyllum temulum (Rough Chervil) 1 2004
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) 1 2004
Conopodium majus (Pignut) 2 2010
Crepis vesicaria (Beaked Hawk's-beard) 1 2004
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2004
Diplotaxis muralis (Annual Wall-rocket) 1 2004
Festuca rubra agg. 1 2004
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 1 2004
Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw) 1 2004
Geranium molle (Dove's-foot Crane's-bill) 1 2004
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 2004
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 2004
Hedera helix 1 2004
Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana (Bluebell) 2 2004
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 2004
Jacobaea 1 2004
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 1 2004
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 1 2004
Lobularia maritima (Sweet Alison) 1 2004
Luzula campestris (Field Wood-rush) 1 2004
Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow) 1 2004
Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick) 1 2004
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 1 2004
Ornithogalum umbellatum (Garden Star-of-Bethlehem) 1 2004
Orobanchaceae 4 2006
Orobanche purpurea (Yarrow Broomrape) 2 2021
Parietaria judaica (Pellitory-of-the-wall) 1 2004
Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope) 1 2004
Philanthus triangulum (Bee Wolf) 1 2022
Plantago coronopus (Buck's-horn Plantain) 1 2004
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 2004
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 2004
Poa humilis (Spreading Meadow-grass) 1 2004
Poa pratensis 1 2004
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 2004
Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil) 1 2004
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 2004
Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken) 1 2004
Ranunculus acris (Meadow Buttercup) 1 2004

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

Data sets Licence Records