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

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Showing 1 - 50 of 164 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 4 2002
Acarospora privigna 1 1995
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 2023
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) 1 2023
Acrocordia salweyi 3 1997
Aegopodium podagraria (Ground-elder) 1 2023
Agonimia tristicula 2 1997
Agrostis stolonifera (Creeping Bent) 1 2023
Allium ursinum (Ramsons) 1 2023
Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) 1 2023
Amandinea punctata 1 1995
Anthriscus sylvestris (Cow Parsley) 1 2023
Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-grass) 1 2023
Aspicilia calcarea 2 2002
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1995
Bacidina delicata 1 2002
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2023
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 1997
Blennothallia crispa 1 2002
Bryostigma lapidicola 2 1997
Buellia aethalea 4 2002
Buxus 1 2023
Caloplaca crenularia 4 2002
Caloplaca dalmatica 2 1997
Caloplaca decipiens 3 1997
Caloplaca flavescens 2 2002
Caloplaca flavocitrina 4 2002
Caloplaca oasis 4 2002
Caloplaca saxicola 4 2002
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 4 2002
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 4 2002
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 2002
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Cypress) 1 2023
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 3 1997
Cladonia ciliata var. ciliata 1 2002
Cladonia coniocraea 2 2002
Cladonia diversa 1 2002
Cladonia fimbriata 3 1997
Cladonia floerkeana 1 2002
Cladonia furcata 1 2002
Cladonia macilenta 2 1997
Cladonia polydactyla 1 2002
Cladonia pyxidata 2 1997
Conopodium majus (Pignut) 1 2023
Convolvulus arvensis (Field Bindweed) 1 2023
Cruciata laevipes (Crosswort) 1 2023
Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot) 1 2023
Diploicia canescens 4 2002
Diploschistes muscorum 1 1995
Diplotomma alboatrum 4 2002

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

Data sets Licence Records