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

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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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Showing 51 - 100 of 126 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Erysimum cheiri (Wallflower) 2 2021
Eupteryx florida 1 2021
Exochomus quadripustulatus (Pine Ladybird) 2 2021
Ficaria verna (Lesser Celandine) 1 2021
Galanthus woronowii (Green Snowdrop) 3 2022
Galinsoga quadriradiata (Shaggy Soldier) 1 2019
Galinsoga 1 2017
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 1998
Halictus tumulorum (Bronze Furrow Bee) 1 2021
Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird) 1 2019
Hedera hibernica (Atlantic Ivy) 1 2019
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed) 1 1991
Humulus lupulus (Hop) 1 2017
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell) 1 2018
Hyacinthoides 1 2022
Issus coleoptratus 1 2021
Javesella pellucida 1 2021
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 1998
Larus argentatus (Herring Gull) 1 2022
Larus fuscus (Lesser Black-backed Gull) 1
Lasioglossum calceatum (Common Furrow Bee) 1 2021
Lasioglossum leucozonium (White-zoned Furrow Bee) 1 2021
Lasius niger (Small Black Ant) 1 2021
Libellula depressa (Broad-bodied Chaser) 1 2015
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum) 1 2019
Longitarsus luridus 1 2021
Lophocolea heterophylla (Variable-leaved Crestwort) 1 1998
Minettia fasciata 1 2021
Muscidae 1 2021
Narcissus minor (Lesser Daffodil) 1 2019
Nuphar lutea (Yellow Water-lily) 1 1991
Olibrus 1 2021
Opomyza germinationis 2 2021
Ornithogalum nutans (Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem) 1 2019
Osmia bicornis (Red Mason Bee) 1 2019
Oxalis exilis (Least Yellow-sorrel) 1 2019
Pachygaster leachii (Yellow-legged Black) 1 2021
Parus major (Great Tit) 1
Pentaglottis sempervirens (Green Alkanet) 1 2018
Pherbellia cinerella 1 2021
Philaenus spumarius (Cuckoo-Spit Insect) 2 2019
Phyllitis scolopendrium (Hart's-tongue) 2 2019
Pica pica (Magpie) 2
Poa compressa (Flattened Meadow-grass) 2 2008
Polystichum setiferum (Soft Shield-fern) 2 2019
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata (14-spot Ladybird) 1 2021
Prunella modularis (Dunnock) 1
Psylliodes chrysocephala (Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle) 1 2021
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 1 2017
Rhizomnium punctatum (Dotted Thyme-moss) 1 1998

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

Data sets Licence Records