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
Acer campestre (Field Maple) 1 2004
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 2004
Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut) 1 2004
Amandinea punctata 2 1998
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1998
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1998
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1998
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1998
Bombylius major (Dark-edged Bee-fly) 1 2023
Buellia aethalea 1 1998
Buellia ocellata 1 1998
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1998
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1998
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1998
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1998
Caloplaca oasis 2 1998
Caloplaca saxicola 2 1998
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1998
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1979
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1998
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1998
Catillaria lenticularis 2 1998
Cladonia coniocraea 1 1998
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 1 2004
Diploicia canescens 1 1998
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1998
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2004
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2004
Juglans regia (Walnut) 1 2004
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1998
Lecania 1 1979
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1998
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1998
Lecanora expallens 2 1998
Lecanora polytropa 1 1998
Lecidella scabra 1 1998
Lepraria incana s. lat. 2 1998
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 1979
Myriolecis albescens 1 1998
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1998
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1998
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1998
Physcia adscendens 2 1998
Physcia caesia 2 1998
Physcia dubia 1 1998
Physconia grisea 2 1998
Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine) 1 2004
Placopyrenium fuscellum 2 1998
Placynthium nigrum 2 1998
Populus nigra 'Italica' (Lombardy-Poplar) 1 2004

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

Data sets Licence Records