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
Andrena fulva (Tawny Mining Bee) 1 2018
Aspicilia calcarea 3 1990
Brachydesmus superus 1 1993
Buellia aethalea 3 1990
Buellia ocellata 2 1990
Caloplaca aurantia 3 1990
Caloplaca crenularia 2 1989
Caloplaca dalmatica 3 1990
Caloplaca flavescens 3 1990
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1989
Caloplaca oasis 2 1990
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1989
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 1990
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 2 1990
Chrysolina americana (Rosemary Beetle) 1 2008
Colletes daviesanus (Davies' Colletes) 1 2009
Cylindroiulus punctatus (Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede) 1 1993
Diploicia canescens 2 1989
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 2 1990
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 2 1989
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1989
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 3 1990
Lecanora expallens 2 1989
Lecanora polytropa 2 1989
Lecanora sulphurea 3 1990
Lecidella scabra 2 1990
Lecidella stigmatea 2 1989
Myriolecis albescens 3 1990
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1989
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 3 1990
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 3 1990
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 3 1990
Physcia adscendens 3 1990
Physcia caesia 3 1990
Physcia tenella 1 1989
Podops inuncta (Turtle Bug) 1 2019
Polydesmus angustus (Common Flat-backed Millipede) 1 1993
Porpidia tuberculosa 2 1989
Proteroiulus fuscus (Snake Millipede) 1 1993
Protoblastenia rupestris 2 1989
Psilolechia lucida 2 1990
Rhizocarpon reductum 3 1990
Solenopsora candicans 2 1989
Tachina fera 1 2019
Tachypodoiulus niger (White-legged Snake Millipede) 1 1993
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 3 1990
Tipula confusa 1 2019
Toniniopsis aromatica 2 1989
Verrucaria hochstetteri 2 1990
Verrucaria muralis 2 1989

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

Data sets Licence Records