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
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 2007
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2007
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 1 2007
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 2007
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 1 2007
Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow) 1 2007
Matricaria discoidea (Pineappleweed) 1 2007
Medicago arabica (Spotted Medick) 1 2007
Myosotis arvensis (Field Forget-me-not) 1 2007
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea 1 2007
Oxalis corniculata (Procumbent Yellow-sorrel) 1 2007
Papaver somniferum (Opium Poppy) 1 2007
Persicaria maculosa (Redshank) 1 2007
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 2007
Plantago major (Greater Plantain) 1 2007
Poa pratensis 1 2007
Polygonum arenastrum (Equal-leaved Knotgrass) 1 2007
Polygonum aviculare agg. 1 2007
Polygonum aviculare (Knotgrass) 1 2007
Polypodium vulgare (Polypody) 1 2007
Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil) 1 2007
Potentilla sterilis (Barren Strawberry) 1 2007
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 2007
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 1 2007
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 2007
Ribes nigrum (Black Currant) 1 2007
Rubus fruticosus agg. (Bramble) 1 2007
Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 1 2007
Rumex crispus (Curled Dock) 1 2007
Sambucus nigra (Elder) 1 2007
Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) 1 2007
Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) 1 2007
Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow-thistle) 1 2007
Sonchus oleraceus (Smooth Sow-thistle) 1 2007
Stachys sylvatica (Hedge Woundwort) 1 2007
Stellaria holostea (Greater Stitchwort) 1 2007
Stellaria media (Common Chickweed) 1 2007
Symphytum grandiflorum (Creeping Comfrey) 1 2007
Symphytum orientale (White Comfrey) 1 2007
Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) 1 2007
Taraxacum (Dandelion) 1 2007
Taxus baccata (Yew) 1 2007
Trifolium dubium (Lesser Trefoil) 1 2007
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 2007
Trifolium repens (White Clover) 1 2007
Trisetum flavescens (Yellow Oat-grass) 1 2007
Ulmus minor (Small Leaved Elm) 1 2007
Urtica dioica (Common Nettle) 1 2007
Verbena officinalis (Vervain) 1 2007
Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell) 1 2007

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

Data sets Licence Records