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

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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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Showing 51 - 100 of 105 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Lecanora polytropa 2 2013
Lecanora sulphurea 2 2013
Lecanora 1 2013
Lecidea grisella 1 1990
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma 2 2013
Lecidella scabra 2 2013
Lecidella stigmatea 2 2013
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 1 2017
Lepraria incana s. str. 1 2013
Lepraria vouauxii 2 2013
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 1 2017
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2013
Myriolecis albescens 1 2013
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2013
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2013
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 1990
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 2 2013
Pertusaria hymenea 1 1990
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 2 2013
Physcia adscendens 2 2013
Physcia caesia 2 2013
Physcia dubia 1 1990
Physcia tenella 1 2013
Physconia grisea 1 2013
Placopyrenium fuscellum 2 2013
Placynthium nigrum 2 2013
Plantago media (Hoary Plantain) 1 2017
Porina linearis 1 2013
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2013
Porpidia tuberculosa 2 2013
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 2013
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 2 2013
Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal) 1 2017
Psilolechia leprosa 1 2013
Psilolechia lucida 2 2013
Punctelia jeckeri 1 2013
Punctelia subrudecta s. str. 1 2013
Ramalina farinacea 1 2013
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 1990
Rinodina oleae 1 2013
Sarcogyne regularis 1 2013
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 2013
Solenopsora candicans 2 2013
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 2 2013
Tilia cordata (Small-leaved Lime) 1 2017
Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (Lime) 1 2017
Toniniopsis aromatica 2 2013
Trifolium pratense (Red Clover) 1 2017
Veronica chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell) 1 2017
Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea 1 2013

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

Data sets Licence Records