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

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 1996
Acrocordia salweyi 1 1996
Amandinea punctata 1 1996
Archiboreoiulus pallidus 1 1995
Aspicilia caesiocinerea 1 1996
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1996
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1996
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1996
Blaniulus guttulatus (Spotted Snake Millipede) 1 1995
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1996
Buellia aethalea 1 1996
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1996
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1996
Caloplaca oasis 1 1996
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1996
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1996
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1996
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1996
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1996
Cladonia coccifera s. lat. (Scarlet-Cup Lichen) 1 1996
Cladonia coniocraea 1 1996
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1996
Cladonia floerkeana 1 1996
Cladonia furcata 1 1996
Cladonia polydactyla 1 1996
Cladonia portentosa (crotail rèin-fhèidh) 1 1996
Cladonia pyxidata 1 1996
Cladonia squamosa s. lat. 1 1996
Cladonia subcervicornis 1 1996
Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis 1 1996
Clauzadea monticola 1 1996
Coloeus monedula (Jackdaw) 1 2023
Cylindroiulus britannicus 1 1995
Cylindroiulus punctatus (Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede) 1 1995
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1996
Fuscidea cyathoides var. cyathoides 1 1996
Glaucomaria rupicola var. rupicola (Slow-Growing Lichen) 1 1996
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1996
Hypogymnia tubulosa 1 1996
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1996
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1996
Lecanora chlarotera 1 1996
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1996
Lecanora expallens 1 1996
Lecanora intricata 1 1996
Lecanora polytropa 1 1996
Lecanora soralifera 1 1996
Lecanora symmicta 1 1996
Lecanora varia 1 1996
Lecidea grisella 1 1996

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

Data sets Licence Records