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.

Browse the list of datasets and find organisations you can join if you are interested in participating in a survey for this place.

Other Heritage Information

Group Species

[counting] species

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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 1 1994
Acrocordia salweyi 1 1994
Amandinea punctata 1 1994
Aspicilia caesiocinerea 1 1994
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1994
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1994
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1994
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1994
Buellia aethalea 1 1994
Buellia ocellata 1 1994
Buellia stellulata 1 1994
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1994
Caloplaca chlorina 1 1994
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1994
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1994
Caloplaca flavovirescens 1 1994
Caloplaca oasis 1 1994
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1994
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1994
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1994
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 1994
Clauzadea monticola 1 1994
Diploicia canescens 1 1994
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1994
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1994
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1994
Elasmostethus interstinctus (Birch Shieldbug) 2 2018
Fuscidea cyathoides var. cyathoides 1 1994
Glaucomaria rupicola var. rupicola (Slow-Growing Lichen) 1 1994
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1994
Hypogymnia tubulosa 1 1994
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1994
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1994
Lecanora chlarotera 1 1994
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1994
Lecanora expallens 1 1994
Lecanora intricata 1 1994
Lecanora orosthea 1 1994
Lecanora polytropa 1 1994
Lecanora soralifera 1 1994
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1994
Lecanora symmicta 1 1994
Lecanora varia 1 1994
Lecidea grisella 1 1994
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma 1 1994
Lecidella scabra 1 1994
Lecidella stigmatea 1 1994
Lepra amara 1 1994
Lepraria caesioalba 1 1994
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1994

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

Data sets Licence Records