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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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Aconitum napellus (Monk's-hood) 2 1903
Atriplex patula (Common Orache) 1 1894
Barbarea vulgaris (Winter-cress) 2 1903
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus (Common Soft-brome) 1 1892
Callitriche platycarpa (Various-leaved Water-starwort) 1 1903
Carex acutiformis (Lesser Pond-sedge) 1 1908
Carex elata (Tufted-sedge) 1 1903
Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha (Long-stalked Yellow-sedge) 2 1894
Chara 3 1903
Cichorium intybus (Chicory) 1 1875
Dactylis 1 1913
Elodea canadensis (Canadian Waterweed) 1 1903
Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp-agrimony) 1 1892
Filago vulgaris (Common Cudweed) 1
Galeopsis tetrahit (Common Hemp-nettle) 1 1892
Galium uliginosum (Fen Bedstraw) 1 1894
Geranium pratense (Meadow Crane's-bill) 1
Geranium versicolor (Pencilled Crane's-bill) 1 1892
Geranium (Crane's-Bill) 1 1894
Glechoma hederacea (Ground-ivy) 1 1903
Hippuris vulgaris (Mare's-tail) 1 1903
Linaria vulgaris (Common Toadflax) 1 1892
Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass) 1 1904
Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort) 1 1904
Melica uniflora (Wood Melick) 1 1893
Melilotus indicus (Small Melilot) 1 1894
Ononis repens (Common Restharrow) 1 1892
Petasites fragrans (Winter Heliotrope) 1 1892
Pimpinella saxifraga (Burnet-saxifrage) 2 1894
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 1903
Polygala vulgaris (Common Milkwort) 1
Ranunculus ficaria subsp. ficariiformis 1 1880
Ranunculus sardous (Hairy Buttercup) 1 1907
Salix pentandra (Bay Willow) 1 1893
Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) 1
Schoenus nigricans (Black Bog-rush) 1 1894
Symphytum officinale (Common Comfrey) 1
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 1897
Veronica catenata (Pink Water-speedwell) 1 1903
Viola hirta (Hairy Violet) 1 1893
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Data sets Licence Records