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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Hawthorn Shieldbug) 5 2024
Acarospora fuscata 1 1988
Adalia bipunctata (2-spot Ladybird) 3 2023
Adalia decempunctata (10-spot Ladybird) 5 2024
Agonimia tristicula 1 1988
Amandinea punctata 1 1988
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1988
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1988
Barypeithes sulcifrons 2 2024
Blennothallia crispa 1 1988
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1988
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1988
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1988
Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird) 5 2024
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1988
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1988
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1988
Cladonia floerkeana 1 1988
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 4 2024
Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug) 1 2024
Diploicia canescens 1 1988
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1988
Dromius quadrimaculatus 3 2024
Elasmostethus interstinctus (Birch Shieldbug) 1 2024
Epuraea silacea 1 2024
Eudasyphora cyanella 1 2024
Eutrichapion vorax 1 2024
Haematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucum 1 1988
Halyzia sedecimguttata (Orange Ladybird) 3 2023
Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird) 2 2023
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1988
Hypogymnia tubulosa 1 1988
Lathagrium auriforme 1 1988
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1988
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1988
Lecanora orosthea 1 1988
Lecanora polytropa 1 1988
Lecanora soralifera 1 1988
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1988
Lecidella scabra 1 1988
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1988
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1988
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 1988
Micarea denigrata 1 1988
Myriolecis albescens 1 1988
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1988
Myriospora smaragdula 1 1988
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 1988
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 1 1988
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1988

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

Data sets Licence Records