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
Acarospora fuscata 2 1998
Acarospora privigna 1 1998
Acrocordia salweyi 1 1998
Adalia decempunctata (10-spot Ladybird) 1 2016
Alyxoria varia 1 1998
Amandinea punctata 2 1998
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 3 2015
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2012
Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia (Thyme-leaved Sandwort) 1 1901
Arthonia calcarea 2 1998
Arthopyrenia punctiformis 1 1998
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1998
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1998
Aspidapion aeneum 1 2021
Bacidina caligans 1 1998
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1998
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 3 2015
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 1998
Bombus muscorum subsp. sladeni 1 1900
Bombus ruderatus (Large Garden Bumblebee) 1 1900
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 1998
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 3 2015
Brassica nigra (Black Mustard) 1 1923
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2001
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 3 2015
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 2001
Bryum rubens (Crimson-tuber Thread-moss) 1 2001
Buellia ocellata 1 1998
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 3 2015
Caloplaca arcis 1 1984
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1998
Caloplaca chlorina 1 1998
Caloplaca dalmatica 2 1998
Caloplaca decipiens 2 1998
Caloplaca flavescens 4 1998
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1998
Caloplaca oasis 2 1998
Caloplaca ruderum 2 1998
Caloplaca saxicola 2 1998
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1998
Caloplaca thallincola 1 1980
Caloplaca 1 1998
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1998
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1998
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 4 1998
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 2 1998
Catillaria lenticularis 3 1998
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2001
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1980
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1998

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

Data sets Licence Records