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
Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale Cress) 1 1894
Cardamine pratensis (Cuckooflower) 1 1911
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch) 1 2022
Carex muricata (Prickly Sedge) 1 1962
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare 1 1958
Cirsium palustre (Marsh Thistle) 1 1893
Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil) 1 1893
Collomia linearis 1 1893
Euphorbia helioscopia (Sun Spurge) 1
Euphorbia peplus (Petty Spurge) 1 1893
Filago pyramidata (Broad-leaved Cudweed) 2
Galeopsis bifida (Bifid Hemp-nettle) 1 1893
Gnaphalium sylvaticum (Heath Cudweed) 1 1893
Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher) 1 2022
Lilioceris lilii (Lily Beetle) 2 2015
Melissa officinalis (Balm) 1 1893
Mercurialis annua (Annual Mercury) 1 1893
Ornithogalum nutans (Drooping Star-of-Bethlehem) 2 1895
Papaver dubium subsp. dubium (Long-headed Poppy) 1 1934
Papaver rhoeas (Common Poppy) 1 1893
Paris quadrifolia (Herb-Paris) 1 1893
Pyrola minor (Common Wintergreen) 1
Sagina nodosa (Knotted Pearlwort) 1 1893
Sideritis romana 1
Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) 1 1893
Sparganium emersum (Unbranched Bur-reed) 1 1893
Spergularia rubra (Sand Spurrey) 1 1893
Veronica serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Speedwell) 1 1893
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Data sets Licence Records