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 2 1996
Acarospora privigna 2 1996
Acrocordia conoidea 2 1995
Acrocordia salweyi 2 1996
Arthonia calcarea 3 1996
Aspicilia calcarea 3 1996
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 1996
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum (Black Spleenwort) 1 2016
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 3 1996
Belonia nidarosiensis 2 1996
Buellia aethalea 2 1996
Buellia ocellata 2 1996
Caloplaca chrysodeta 2 1995
Caloplaca dalmatica 3 1996
Caloplaca flavescens 3 1996
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 1996
Caloplaca marmorata 1 1995
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1996
Caloplaca teicholyta 3 1996
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 1996
Catillaria lenticularis 2 1996
Cordulegaster boltonii (Golden-ringed Dragonfly) 5 2005
Diploicia canescens 3 1996
Diplotomma alboatrum 3 1996
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 3 1996
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1996
Lecanora chlarotera 2 1996
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1996
Lecanora expallens 2 1996
Lecanora orosthea 3 1996
Lecanora polytropa 2 1996
Lecanora sulphurea 2 1996
Lepraria incana s. lat. 2 1995
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1996
Melanelixia fuliginosa 3 1996
Myriolecis albescens 2 1996
Myriolecis crenulata 2 1996
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1996
Myriolecis pruinosa 2 1996
Nemophora degeerella (Yellow-barred Long-horn) 1 2006
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 2 1996
Odontocerum albicorne 6 2005
Persicaria wallichii (Himalayan Knotweed) 1 2012
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 3 1996
Phlyctis argena 2 1996
Phyllitis scolopendrium (Hart's-tongue) 1 2016
Physcia adscendens 2 1996
Physcia caesia 2 1996
Piscicola geometra (fish leech) 2 2002
Placopyrenium fuscellum 2 1996

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

Data sets Licence Records