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

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

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
Acarospora fuscata 1 2011
Acarospora privigna 1 2011
Acrocordia conoidea 1 2011
Agonimia tristicula 1 2011
Amandinea punctata 1 2011
Armadillidium depressum 1 1986
Arthonia radiata 1 2011
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2011
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2011
Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana 1 2011
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens 1 2013
Bacidina saxenii 1 2011
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2011
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2011
Blennothallia crispa 1 2011
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 2011
Brachypodium sylvaticum (False-brome) 1 2013
Buellia aethalea 1 2011
Buellia ocellata 1 2011
Caloplaca arcis 1 2011
Caloplaca cerinella 1 2011
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 2011
Caloplaca crenularia 1 2011
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 2011
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2011
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 2011
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2011
Carex divulsa subsp. divulsa (Grey Sedge) 1 2013
Catillaria lenticularis 1 2011
Centaurea debeauxii subsp. thuillieri 1 2013
Ceterach officinarum (Rustyback) 1 2013
Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurion) 1 2021
Clauzadea monticola 1 2011
Conium maculatum (Hemlock) 1 2013
Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved Toadflax) 1 2013
Diploicia canescens 1 2011
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2011
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 2011
Enchylium tenax 1 2011
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 2011
Flavoparmelia soredians 1 2011
Galium mollugo subsp. erectum (Upright Hedge Bedstraw) 1 2013
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 2011
Hylemya vagans 1 2021
Hyperphyscia adglutinata 1 2011
Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear) 1 2013
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 2011
Ingaderia vandenboomii 1 2011
Iris foetidissima (Stinking Iris) 1 2013
Kiliasia episema 1 2011

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

Data sets Licence Records