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 209 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Lapsana communis (Nipplewort) 1 1989
Lathagrium fuscovirens 1 1997
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1997
Lecania turicensis 1 1997
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1997
Lecanora chlarotera 1 1997
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1997
Lecanora expallens 1 1997
Lecanora polytropa 1 1997
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1997
Lecidea grisella 1 1997
Lecidella scabra 1 1997
Lecidella stigmatea 1 1997
Leontodon hispidus (Rough Hawkbit) 1 1989
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1997
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1997
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy) 1 1989
Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 1 1989
Lunaria annua (Honesty) 1 1989
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping-Jenny) 1 1989
Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 1 1989
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 1997
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 1997
Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not) 1 1989
Myriolecis albescens 1 1997
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1997
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1997
Myriospora rufescens 1 1997
Narcissus agg. 1 1989
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1997
Petractis clausa 1 1997
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1997
Phleum pratense (Timothy) 1 1989
Phlyctis argena 1 1997
Physcia adscendens 1 1997
Physcia caesia 1 1997
Physcia dubia 1 1997
Physcia tenella 1 1997
Physconia grisea 1 1997
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 1997
Placynthiella icmalea 1 1997
Placynthium nigrum 1 1997
Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain) 1 1989
Plantago major (Greater Plantain) 1 1989
Poa annua (Annual Meadow-grass) 1 1989
Poa pratensis (Smooth Meadow-grass) 1 1989
Porpidia soredizodes 1 1997
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 1997
Potentilla reptans (Creeping Cinquefoil) 1 1989
Primula veris (Cowslip) 1 1989

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

Data sets Licence Records