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Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate

Name:

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Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
Record Type:

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Church
Church code:

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641362
Diocese:

Name of diocese in which the church building is located at the time of entry.

Winchester
Archdeaconry:

Name of archdeaconry in which the church building is located at the time of entry

Winchester
Parish:

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Winchester Saint Lawrence with Saint Swithun-upon-Kingsgate

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Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?

The decision to put a church building on the National Heritage List for England and assign it a listing grade is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The decision is normally based on recommendations made by Historic England, the government’s adviser on the historic environment.

This is a Grade I Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?

The decision to schedule a feature (building, monument, archaeological remains, etc.) located within the church building’s precinct or churchyard is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The decision is based on recommendations made by Historic England, the government’s adviser on cultural heritage.

There is a Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct
View more information about this Scheduled Monument on the National Heritage List for England web site

National Park

National Parks are areas of countryside that include villages and towns, which are protected because of their beautiful countryside, wildlife and cultural heritage. In England, National Parks are designated by Natural England, the government’s advisor on the natural environment.

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

Conservation areas are places of special architectural or historic interest where it is desirable to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of such areas. Conservation Areas are designated by the Local Council.

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Winchester

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Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?

The Heritage at Risk programme is run and managed by Historic England, the government’s advisor on cultural heritage. It aims to protect and manage the historic environment, so that the number of ‘at risk’ historic places and sites across England are reduced.

This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
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Approximate Date

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Medieval

Exterior Image

Photograph of exterior of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
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Photograph of exterior of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
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View of south elevation of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate, taken March 2016 by Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez.
Year / Date:

2011, April 06

March 2016
Copyright:

Keltek Trust

Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez
Originator:

Keltek Trust

Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez

Summary Description

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The church of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate sits above the medieval gate. The structure, one of only two surviving city gates, was first recorded in the Winton Domesday 1148 survey, before the priory and the mayor of Winchester drafted an agreement for the custody of the building in 1266. The history of the gate and church is documented in a variety of forms that demonstrate the extent of the physical transformations the building has undergone. The lower level is protected as a Scheduled Monument, whilst the upper level is Grade I listed. A large proportion of the masonry is late-medieval in date. The timber roof and stairway are more recent interventions.

Visiting and Facilities

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The church is open for worship.
Open 9am to 5pm in Summer and 9am to dusk in Winter. The church is accessed via a stairway on the north. There is no level access. Sunday Services: 1st Sunday 6 pm Evensong 2nd Sunday 9:30 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday 6 pm Evensong 4th Sunday 9:30 am Holy Communion 5th Sunday For Holy Communion see benefice communion at St. Bartholomew's
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Church Website

Church Website:

www.holytrinitylyonsdown.org.uk

http://www.threesaints.org.uk/

Sources and Further Information

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Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (March 2016) Photograph of exterior of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Photograph of exterior of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (2016) Plan of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kinsgate [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Plan of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kinsgate
Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez (2016) Photograph of interior of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-kingsgate [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Photograph of interior of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-kingsgate
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18382/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 3 Bells [Archive/Index]
3 Bells

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Grid Reference: SU 481 290

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Administrative Area

County:

The administrative area within which the church is located.

Hampshire County

Location and Setting

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The church of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate is situated along the extent of the medieval city wall. It stands on an ancient line of communication, at a point where an intra-mural street running east to west along the old precinct wall intersects with a south-north route leading into the Cathedral close. This passage may have been the principal entrance from the south into the Roman town. By the end of the ninth century, King’s Gate [Chingeta] was already the principal entry into the grounds of the royal palace and Old Minster. At least two other churches stood by or over city gates around Winchester: St Mary over North Gate is first mentioned in 1340; while St Mary by West gate was recorded about 1270; St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate existed as early as 1264 and is the only church above a gate in the city to have survived to this day.

The building is adjoined by a set of early-nineteenth century houses to the east and a row twentieth-century houses to the west. Some of the adjoining properties retain a portion of the medieval city wall. At ground level, a twentieth-century shop occupies the eastern wing directly beneath the church. The garden on the south-east corner of the gate occupies the previous site of two buildings demolished in the 1930s. The majority of the surrounding buildings serve as individual residences, although Winchester College owns and manages a large proportion of the properties as places of administration.

The church is situated within a conservation area. There are a number of public venues, parks and educational buildings in the vicinity. On the north side of the gate primary access is through St Swithun Street and the Cathedral Close. On the southside of the gate, eastwards along College Street, the road continues past the College Gate and the ruins of Wolsely Palace, while directly south along Kingsgate Street the road leads towards the direction of St Cross Hospital. Vehicle access is not permitted between St Swithun Street and Kingsgate Street.

Church Plan

Plan of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kinsgate
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Plan of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kinsgate
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First Level plan drawing of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate, drawn March 2016 by Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez.
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2016
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Ground Plan Description and Dimensions

Ground Plan

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The church of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate is situated on the first floor level and is accessed through the reconstructed stairway on the north-west corner of the gate. The plan is rectangular in form, measuring 40 feet from east to west and 16 feet from north to south, with no internal divisions except the doorway connecting to the landing and the stairs. At the east is a modern window, with stained glass representing Christ standing at the door; at the west is a three-light window; on the south side are two, square-headed, two-light windows, with the one at the west-end containing a small piscine on the sill; and on the north are two, cinquefoiled, two-light windows. Along the north wall is a small Tudor-arched niche and at the west end is an octagonal paneled-font, half of which is built into a recess in the wall. There is an original niche on the east end of the south wall.

Dimensions

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12m x 5m

Footprint of Church buildings (m2):

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Medium (200-599m2)

Large (600m-999m2)

Very Large (>1000m2)

58 m2

Description of Archaeology and History

This field aims to record the archaeological potential of the wider area around the building and churchyard, as well as the history of site.

The King’s Gate is first mentioned in the 1148 survey of the Winton Domesday. In a record for tenement 928, the entry reads: ‘in the gate of King’s Gate [Chingate] the sacristan receives 15 d’. This is the only surviving record of the gate before the end of the twelfth century, when the gate is referred to as ‘kinggeshiate’ in the 1198 Feet of Fines. The gate is later listed as ‘Kingate’ in the 1210-11 Pipe Rolls. The following record to the gate is found in the 1237-42 Close Rolls; here, ‘Kinghete’ is described as one of two gates along the city wall undergoing restoration. In the Annales de Wintonia, a record for 1264 describes the uprising of the citizens of Winchester and the extent of the damage inflicted on ‘Kingate and the Church of St Swithun above’ [Kingate cum ecclesia Sancti Swythuni supra]. The next document record is a settlement from 1266 concerning the late war [tempore proxime guerre]; the agreement sets out the liabilities of ‘Prior Valentine’ and the ‘Commonality of the city of Winchester’ for the ‘custody, upkeep, and repair, of Southgate and Kyngate’. This composition was subsequently recorded in a late-thirteenth-century dossier known as the Black Book of Winchester, as well as in two editions of the Chartulary of St. Swithun. The gate is then referred to again as the Church, or ‘Capella’, of ‘Saint Swithun above Kingyate’ [Capella Sancti Swythuni supra Kingyate] in ‘A List of the Churches and Chapels in The Diocese of Winchester’, compiled c. 1270 for the Registrum Johannis de Pontissara. In the fourteenth century documentary records continued to make reference to the gate and church: the Obedientiary Rolls 1280-1527 contains an entry for 1337, which records a payment made to a carpenter for the repairs on the ‘Church of Kyngate’; the Register of William of Wykeham contains entries for 1368, 1370 and 1384, which draw attention to the ‘church of Kyngate’ [ecclesie de Kyngate]; two other entries for 1377 and 1390 refer to the ‘church above Kyngate’ [ecclesia super Kyngate] and ‘St. Swithun-over-Kyngate’. The earliest record from the fifteenth century, also included in the Black Book of Winchester, is an order for the restoration of the city walls and ‘the gate named ‘Kingisgate’ in 1407. The building was identified again in 1485 as the ‘Church of Kyngegate’ [Ecclesiae de Kyngegate] in the Obedientiary Rolls 1280-1527.

The documentary records written in first half of the sixteenth-century continued to make reference to the function of the building: a deed written in 1520 confirmed the ‘wardship of the gate near the Priory called ‘Kyngate’; the Valor Ecclesiasticus from 1535 recorded individual entries for the valuation of the ‘Rectoria Kyngeyate’, the ‘Rectori de Kyngesgate’ and ‘Kyngegate’; and the Registra Stephani Gardnier et Johannis Poynet included the ‘Church of Kyngeyate’ [Ecclesia de Kyngeyate] in a list of the churches in the deanery of Winchester in 1536. The building was later recorded in the 1543 Ecclesiastical Visitation of Hampshire as ‘church of Kyngisyate’ [Ecclesia de Kyngisyate], before two separate accounts in the Transactions from The Municipal of Winchester documented the appointment of a porter to ‘King’s Gate’ in 1593 and 1603. The earliest surviving depiction of the ‘King’s Gate’ is shown in John Speed’s Map of Hampshire, published 1611. A similar representation of the ‘Porte du Roy’ was carried out by an unknown artist in the Plan de Winchester, drawn c. 1620. Three additional documents produced in the first half of the seventeenth-century confirm the presence of the church and gate: the Register of St Swithin’s records ‘St Swithins upon kingsgate’ in 1634 and 1635; John Trussell recalls the history of the ‘Kingsgate’ in The Origin of Cities, published c. 1636, as well as the use of ‘St. Swithuns uppon Kingsgate’ as a place for devotion in Touchstone of Tradition, published 1647. In the second half of the century two records drew attention to the state and repairs of the building: an Account of the state of the churches in Winchester described the ruinous condition of ‘St. Swithin’ in 1660,[24] before the Church Warden Accounts recorded a payment for the ‘stons from Wollsey’ during the building restoration in 1677.

From the eighteenth century onwards written accounts continued to document the condition of the church and gate: an passage in the Proceeding of Court of Quarter Sessions records an appeal for the restoration of the ‘Gateway under Kingsgate’ in 1713; a record from the Seventh Ledge Book confirms the employment of a porter for the ‘gate called Kingsgate’ in 1716; and two listings from 1736 and 1738 in the Visitation Returns refer to the condition of ‘St. Swithuns’ as ‘well and in Good Repair’. The church was mentioned again in 1769, when antiquarian Richard Gough noted the ‘Kingsgate’ was ‘once used as a chapel’. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the building was recorded in a variety of forms: a pencil sketch drawn c.1820 depicted ‘King’s Gate and St Swithun’s over it’, before the Charity Commissioner’s Report recorded a payment to the ‘Keeper of Kingsgate’ in c. 1824; the Mayor of Winchester Papers recorded an incentive to undertake repairs on ‘Kingsgate’ in 1845; the Proceedings of The Archaeological Institute relate how ‘Kingsgate and little St. Swithun’s Church’ had been restored in ‘a manner creditable to the corporation’ in 1846; an article in the Hampshire Chronicle reported which construction works were undertaken at the ‘Little church of St. Swithun-upon-Kingsgate’ in 1846; and the Winchester Quarterly Record made a note of the intention of the parish council to carry out further restorations at the ‘church over Kingsgate’ in 1853. Individual entries in the Vestry Minutes Book for the years 1862, 1863, 1866, 1867 and 1870 reveal how alterations on the church had been procured, whilst a letter dated 1878 demonstrates the parish council was not prepared to repair the city walls. The churchwardens later commissioned an architectural survey of ‘S. Swithun’s Church’ to John Coulson in 1878, before a letter from the Rector dated 1881 in the Vestry Minutes Book reiterated that the parish was not responsible for the ‘Repairs of the Wall under Kingsgate’. An article in the Hampshire Chronicle made the last reference to a ‘Keeper of Kingsgate’ in 1882.

Records written around the turn of the twentieth century demonstrate the nature of the repairs inside the church: the St Swithun Faculty Paper from 1898 gave an estimate cost for the proposed works; an Omnibus Faculty from 1899 authorized the removal of the ‘present pupil and desk’; amongst a set of entries in the Vestry Minute Book, one entry highlighted ‘problems’ related to the ‘shaking of the church’ in 1902; the remaining entries correspond to repairs undertaken in 1901, 1903, 1911 and 1914. In 1930, the London Gazette recorded the union of ‘Saint Michael with Saint Swithun’. The Restoration Appeal produced c. 1950 stated the need of repairs on ‘St. Swithun upon Kingsgate’. The St Michael’s Minutes from 1953, 1956 and 1961, outlined the scope of the alterations. Supplementary evidence from 1953-1954, including a letter from ‘The City Engineer’, together with an estimate cost for the ‘proposed Repairs and Alterations’ and a report on ‘St Swithun’s Church’ from the General Purposes Committee, expand on these schemes. The progression of the works in 1957-1958 is recorded in letters from ‘The City Engineer’, a historical report of ‘Kingsgate Arch’, as well as in minutes from the Council Minutes Book and the General Purposes Committee. In 1958, the Southern Daily Echo announced the completion of the restoration of the ‘old gateway with a little church over it’, before records from 1971 in the St Lawrence Parish Records documented a request for ‘urgent repairs to the South elevation’ of the building.

Exterior Description

This field aims to record a written description of the exterior of the church building and the churchyard.

The lower section of the gate is tripartite in its arrangement; at its centre is a two-centre pointed archway, currently restricted to vehicles by bollards, with two pedestrian round archways by the sides. The west passage is flanked by a brick wall with a doorway leading into the church Vestry. The east passage is flanked by a small bookshop occupying the space beneath the church. On the north wall of the shop there is a two-light stone window at eye-level facing straight onto St Swithun Street. Along the upper section of the north front are two two-light windows, corresponding in form to the designs seen from inside the church. Supported on the timber window lentils and the stone-and-flint wall parapet is a steep-pitch, tile-clad, gable roof. On the north-west corner of the gate is a timber pitched-roof stairway, which is partly rendered and partly cladded with tiles, and a timber-clad bell turret almost in level with the ridge of the roof. There are three small windows on the external wall of the stairs facing east.

Architects, Artists and Associated People/Organisations

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Who:
John Leland
Role:
Antiquarian
From:
01 Jan 1635
To:
31 Dec 1643
Contribution:
The King's gate [Kinges gate] is mentioned in John Leland's 'Itinerary of Hampshire in or about the years 1635-1643'.
Who:
John Speed
Role:
Surveyor
From:
01 Jan 1611
To:
31 Dec 1611
Contribution:
King's Gate is depicted in the 1611 Map of Hampshire drawn by John Speed.
Who:
Richard Gough
Role:
Antiquarian
From:
01 Jan 1737
To:
31 Dec 1737
Contribution:
Richard Gough made a note in his diary about the church being 'once used as as chapel'.
Who:
Nikolaus Pevsner
Role:
Antiquarian
From:
01 Jan 1967
To:
31 Dec 1967
Contribution:
Nikolaus Pevsner mentioned Kingsgate in 'Hampshire and The Isle of Wight'.
Who:
Wilfrid Ball
Role:
Artist
From:
01 Jan 1902
To:
01 Jan 1902
Contribution:
Wilfrid Ball composed a watercolour painting of the gate and church viewed from Kingsgate Street.
Who:
William of Wykeham
Role:
Donor
From:
28 Apr 1368
To:
29 Apr 1368
Contribution:
The 'ch. of Kyngate' is included in the Bishop's register kept in Winchester Catherdral.
Who:
Barbara Carpenter Turner
Role:
Architect
From:
01 Jan 1953
To:
31 Dec 1980
Contribution:
Barbara Carpenter Turner produced a historical report on the Kingsgate during restorations in 1953-1954 and later gave an account in 'Winchester', published 1980.
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Radley House Partnership
Role:
Architect / Surveyor ICM55
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Building Fabric and Features

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BELL TOWER (MONUMENT) (20th Century)

Building Materials

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FLINT (Medieval)
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WOOD (Post-medieval)

Interior Image

Photograph of interior of 641362 Winchester: St Swithun-upon-kingsgate
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Photograph of interior of Winchester: St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate looking west, taken March 2016 by Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez
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2016
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Interior Description

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Internal Fixtures and Fittings

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BELL (1 of 1)
BELL TOWER (COMPONENT) (20th Century)
FLOOR (20th Century)
FONT (COMPONENT) (Post-medieval)
NICHE (Medieval)
NICHE (Post-medieval)
PEW (OBJECT) (20th Century)
PISCINA (COMPONENT) (Medieval)
STAINED GLASS (WINDOW) (20th Century)

Portable Furnishings and Artworks

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If you notice any errors with the below outlines of your connected churchyards, please email heritageonline@churchofengland.org with the corrections needed.

This could include information on new churchyards, edits to the boundaries shown, or different land characteristics. 

We are working on adding the consecrated land found within local authority cemeteries, and in time, this data will be shown on the map.

Grid Reference: SU 481 290

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Ecology

This field aims to record a description of the ecology of the churchyard and surrounding setting.

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Ecological Designations

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The everyday wildlife of burial grounds means much to those who visit and cherish them but many burial grounds are so rich in wildlife that they should be designated and specially protected. Few have the legal protection of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) or, in the case of local authority owned cemeteries, Local Nature Reserve. This makes it even more important that they are cared for and protected by the people looking after them.

Many have a non-statutory designation as a recognition of their importance. These non-statutory designations have a variety of names in different regions including Local Wildlife Site, County Wildlife Site, Site of Importance for Nature Conservation or Site of Nature Conservation Importance (Local Wildlife Site is the most common name). Their selection is based on records of the most important, distinctive and threatened species and habitats within a national, regional and local context. This makes them some of our most valuable wildlife areas.

For example, many burial grounds which are designated as Local Wildlife Sites contain species-rich meadow, rich in wildflowers, native grasses and grassland fungi managed by only occasional mowing plus raking. When this is the case, many animals may be present too, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. This type of grassland was once widespread and has been almost entirely lost from the UK with approximately 3% remaining, so burial grounds with species-rich meadow managed in this way are extremely important for wildlife.

These designations should be considered when planning management or change.

If you think that this or any other burial ground should be designated please contact Caring for God’s Acre (info@cfga.org.uk) to discuss. Many eligible sites have not yet received a designation and can be surveyed and then submitted for consideration.

There are no SSSIs within the curtilage of this Church.

There are no Local nature reserves within the curtilage of this Church.

There are no Local Wildlife sites within the curtilage of this Church.

Evidence of the Presence of Bats

This field aims to record any evidence of the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.

The church has no evidence of bats

Burial and War Grave Information

This field records basic information about the presence of a churchyard and its use as a burial ground.

The church/building is consecrated.
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The churchyard has not been used for burial
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The churchyard is not used for burial.
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The churchyard is not closed for burial.
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The churchyard does not have war graves.

National Heritage List for England Designations

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Scheduled Monument The Kings Gate View more
Listed Building 3, St Swithun Street II View more

Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees

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Churchyards are home to fantastic trees, in particular ancient and veteran trees which can be the oldest indication of a sacred space and be features of extraordinary individuality. The UK holds a globally important population of ancient and veteran yew trees of which three-quarters are found in the churchyards of England and Wales.

There are more than 1,000 ancient and veteran yews aged at least 500 years in these churchyards.

To put this in context, the only other part of western Europe with a known significant yew population is Normandy in northern France, where more than 100 ancient or veteran churchyard yews have been recorded.

Burial grounds may contain veteran and ancient trees of other species such as sweet chestnut or small-leaved lime which, whilst maybe not so old as the yews, are still important for wildlife and may be home to many other species.

Specialist advice is needed when managing these wonderful trees. For more information or to seek advice please contact Caring for God’s Acre, The Ancient Yew Group and The Woodland Trust.

If you know of an ancient or veteran tree in a burial ground that is not listed here please contact Caring for God’s Acre.

There are currently no Ancient, Veteran or Notable trees connected to this Church

Churchyard Structures

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Significance

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Significance is the whole set of reasons why people value a church, whether as a place for worship and mission, as an historic building that is part of the national heritage, as a focus for the local community, as a familiar landmark or for any other reasons.

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Church Renewables

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Bio Mass:
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Air Source Heat Pump:
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Species Summary

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All of the species listed below have been recorded in close proximity to the Church . A few species which are particularly threatened and affected by disturbance may not be listed here because their exact location cannot be shared.

NOTE: Be aware that this dataset is growing, and the species totals may change once the National Biodiversity Network has added further records. Species may be present but not recorded and still await discovery.

CategoryTotal species recorded to date
TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES RECORDED 0
Total number of animal species 0
Total number of plant species 0
Total number of mammal species 0
Total number of birds 0
Total number of amphibian and reptile species 0
Total number of invertebrate species 0
Total number of fungi species 0
Total number of mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) 0
Total number of ferns 0
Total number of flowering plants 0
Total number of Gymnosperm and Ginkgo 0

Caring for God’s Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.

To learn more about all of the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.

‘Seek Advice’ Species

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If any of the following species have been seen close to the Church, it is important to seek advice from an expert. You will need to know if they are present now, and to follow expert recommendations when planning works. All of these species have specific legal protection as a recognition of their rarity. All of them are rare or becoming increasingly endangered, so it is important to ensure that management and other works do not adversely affect them. In addition, there may be things you can do to help these special species. N.B. Swift and House Martin do not have specific legal protection but are included, as roof repair works often impact breeding swifts and house martins which is against the law.

This is not a complete list of protected species, there are many more, but these are ones that are more likely to be found. All wild birds, their nests and eggs are also protected by law, as are all bats and veteran trees. In a few cases, species are considered particularly prone to disturbance or destruction by people, so the exact location of where they were recorded is not publicly available but can be requested. These ‘blurred’ records are included here, and the accuracy is to 1km. This means that the species has been recorded in close proximity to the Church, or a maximum of 1km away from it. As these ‘blurred’ species are quite mobile, there is a strong likelihood that they can occur close to the Church. To learn about these special species, use the link provided for each species in the table below

One important species which is not included here is the Peregrine Falcon. This is protected and advice should be sought if peregrines are nesting on a church or cathedral. Peregrine records are ‘blurred’ to 10km, hence the decision not to include records here. Remember too that species not seriously threatened nationally may still be at risk in your region and be sensitive to works. You should check with local experts about this. You may also need to seek advice about invasive species, such as Japanese knotweed and aquatics colonising streams or pools, which can spread in churchyards.

N.B. If a species is not recorded this does not indicate absence. It is always good practice to survey.

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Caring for God’s Acre can help and support you in looking after the biodiversity present in this special place. If you know that any of these species occur close to the Church and are not recorded here, please contact Caring for God’s Acre with details (info@cfga.org.uk).

To find out more about these and other species recorded against this Church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas.

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