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 1986
Acolium inquinans 1 1974
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1986
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 1998
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 1998
Buellia aethalea 1 1986
Buellia stellulata 1 1986
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1986
Caloplaca decipiens 2 1986
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1986
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1986
Caloplaca oasis 2 1986
Caloplaca ruderum 2 1986
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1974
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1986
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1974
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1974
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1986
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 1974
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1986
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 1998
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1974
Diploicia canescens 2 1986
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1974
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1986
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1974
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 1998
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 1998
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme 1 1998
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 1998
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1974
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1974
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1986
Lecanora orosthea 1 1986
Lecanora polytropa 2 1986
Lecanora sulphurea 2 1986
Lecidea grisella 1 1986
Lecidella scabra 2 1986
Lecidella stigmatea 2 1986
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1974
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1986
Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) 1 1998
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1974
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1974
Myriospora rufescens 1 1986
Oxyrrhynchium hians (Swartz's Feather-moss) 1 1998
Pertusaria coccodes 1 1974
Phaeophyscia nigricans 1 1986
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1974
Physcia adscendens 2 1986

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

Data sets Licence Records