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.

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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
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent) 1
Artemisia 1 1896
Atriplex glabriuscula (Babington's Orache) 1 1896
Atriplex littoralis (Grass-leaved Orache) 1 1895
Atriplex prostrata (Spear-leaved Orache) 2 1896
Carex panicea (Carnation Sedge) 1 1895
Carex paniculata (Greater Tussock-sedge) 1 1895
Carex rostrata (Bottle Sedge) 1 1895
Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha (Long-stalked Yellow-sedge) 1 1895
Chenopodium suecicum (Swedish Goosefoot) 1 1895
Chenopodium (Indet. Goosefoot) 1
Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet) 1 1905
Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell) 1 2017
Oxybasis rubra (Red Goosefoot) 1 1896
Pastinaca sativa (Wild Parsnip) 1 1905
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Pipistrelle) 1 2016
Salix cinerea (Common Sallow) 1 1897
Salix purpurea x viminalis = S. x rubra (Green-leaved Willow) 1 1887
Salix triandra (Almond Willow) 1 1897
Salix viminalis (Osier) 1 1897
Salix (Willow) 1 1897
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (Grey Club-rush) 1 1895
Seriphidium maritimum (Sea Wormwood) 1 1895
Stachys palustris (Marsh Woundwort) 1 1895
Trifolium hybridum (Alsike Clover) 1
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 2
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Data sets Licence Records