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

Showing 101 - 150 of 156 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Phaeophyscia nigricans 1 1985
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 3 2011
Physcia adscendens 3 2011
Physcia caesia 3 2011
Physcia dubia 1 1985
Physcia tenella 2 2011
Physconia grisea 3 2011
Placopyrenium fuscellum 3 2011
Placynthiella icmalea 2 1985
Polypodium vulgare (Polypody) 1 2021
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2011
Porpidia tuberculosa 3 2011
Protoblastenia rupestris 3 2011
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 3 2011
Pseudoscleropodium purum (Neat Feather-moss) 1 2000
Psilolechia lucida 3 2011
Ramalina farinacea 1 2011
Ramalina lacera 1 2011
Rhizocarpon reductum 3 2011
Rhynchostegiella tenella (Tender Feather-moss) 1 2000
Rhynchostegium confertum (Clustered Feather-moss) 1 2000
Rhynchostegium riparioides (Long-beaked Water Feather-moss) 1 2000
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Springy Turf-moss) 1 2000
Rinodina oleae 3 2011
Rinodina teichophila 3 2011
Sarcogyne regularis 1 2011
Sarcopyrenia gibba var. geisleri 2 2011
Schistidium apocarpum 1 2000
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 3 2011
Stereocaulon nanodes 1 1985
Streblotrichum convolutum 1 2000
Syntrichia montana (Intermediate Screw-moss) 1 2000
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 3 2011
Thelidium decipiens 1 1981
Toniniopsis aromatica 3 2011
Tortula acaulon var. acaulon (Schreberian Earth-moss) 2 2000
Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss) 2 2000
Trapelia coarctata 3 2011
Trapelia glebulosa s. lat. 3 2011
Trapelia obtegens 1 1985
Trapelia placodioides 4 2011
Trapeliopsis aeneofusca 2 1985
Trapeliopsis flexuosa 2 2011
Trapeliopsis granulosa 2 2011
Verrucaria hochstetteri 3 2011
Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea 2 2011
Verrucaria muralis 3 2011
Verrucaria nigrescens 3 2011
Verrucaria viridula 3 2011
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii 2 2011

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

Data sets Licence Records