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 194 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster) 2 2016
Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn) 3 2016
Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) 4 2016
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2016
Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) 1 2014
Dilophus febrilis (Fever Fly) 1 2023
Dromius quadrimaculatus 8 2024
Drosophila suzukii (Spotted-winged Drosophila) 2 2023
Dryopteris dilatata (Broad Buckler-fern) 1 2014
Dryopteris filix-mas (Male-fern) 3 2016
Elasmostethus interstinctus (Birch Shieldbug) 53 2024
Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug) 27 2024
Elytrigia repens (Common Couch) 1 2016
Empoasca vitis 2 2021
Epilobium ciliatum (American Willowherb) 3 2016
Epilobium montanum (Broad-leaved Willowherb) 1 2014
Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail) 3 2016
Erinaceus europaeus (West European Hedgehog) 2 2024
Erophila verna 1 2014
Exochomus quadripustulatus (Pine Ladybird) 38 2024
Exomias araneiformis (Spider Weevil) 1 2022
Exomias pellucidus (Hairy Spider Weevil) 2 2023
Fabaceae (Bean) 1 2014
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea' (Copper Beech) 4 2016
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 3 2016
Festuca rubra agg. 1 2016
Festuca rubra (Red Fescue) 1 2014
Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) 3 2022
Fragaria vesca (Wild Strawberry) 1 2016
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2016
Fumaria muralis (Common Ramping-fumitory) 1 2014
Fumaria purpurea (Purple Ramping-fumitory) 2 2016
Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop) 1 2016
Galium aparine (Cleavers) 3 2016
Geum urbanum (Wood Avens) 4 2016
Halyzia sedecimguttata (Orange Ladybird) 45 2024
Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird) 51 2024
Harmonia quadripunctata (Cream-streaked Ladybird) 10 2024
Hebe salicifolia (Koromiko) 1 2016
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 2014
Hedera helix 3 2016
Hieracium (Hawkweed) 4 2016
Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire-fog) 1 2016
Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana (Bluebell) 1 2014
Hyacinthoides 1 2016
Hypericum androsaemum (Tutsan) 1 2014
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 2014
Iassus lanio 1 2023
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 4 2016
Jacobaea 2 2016

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

Data sets Licence Records