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 101 - 150 of 194 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Lamium album (White Dead-nettle) 1 2016
Lamium amplexicaule (Henbit Dead-nettle) 2 2016
Lamium purpureum (Red Dead-nettle) 2 2016
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 2016
Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan Honeysuckle) 4 2016
Limnephilus sparsus 2 2023
Limonia nubeculosa 5 2024
Lispocephala brachialis 1 2024
Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus 1 1995
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 2 2016
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood) 1 2016
Montia fontana (Blinks) 1 2014
Mycelis muralis (Wall Lettuce) 2 2016
Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not) 1 2014
Myzia oblongoguttata (Striped Ladybird) 4 2023
Nanogona polydesmoides (Eyed Flat-backed Millipede) 2 1995
Narcissus (daffodils) 2 2016
Oncopsis alni 1 2022
Oncopsis flavicollis 2 2022
Oncopsis 1 2022
Ophiodesmus albonanus 2 1995
Ophyiulus pilosus 2 1995
Orchestes fagi (Beech Leaf Miner) 4 2024
Otiorhynchus singularis (Clay-coloured Weevil) 2 2023
Pentatoma rufipes (Red-legged Shieldbug) 65 2024
Peplomyza litura 3 2023
Phalangium opilio 1 1995
Phaonia tuguriorum 1 2024
Phaonia 1 2023
Phyllitis scolopendrium (Hart's-tongue) 1 2014
Phyllobius argentatus (Silver-Green Leaf Weevil) 1 2023
Phyllobius oblongus (Brown Leaf Weevil) 1 2022
Pica pica (Magpie) 1 2018
Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine) 4 2016
Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) 3 2016
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 3 2016
Plantago major (Greater Plantain) 3 2016
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 2014
Poa pratensis 1 2014
Polypodium vulgare (Polypody) 1 2016
Potentilla sterilis (Barren Strawberry) 1 2016
Primula vulgaris (Primrose) 1 2014
Prunus avium (Wild Cherry) 4 2016
Prunus serrulata (Japanese Cherry) 1 2014
Pseudofumaria lutea (Yellow Corydalis) 2 2016
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak) 4 2016
Ranunculus bulbosus (Bulbous Buttercup) 1 2014
Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) 4 2016
Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle) 1 2022
Rhipidia maculata 1 2023

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

Data sets Licence Records