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 2001
Acrocordia conoidea 2 2014
Agonimia tristicula 1 2014
Andrena nitida (Grey-patched Mining Bee) 1 2024
Arthonia apotheciorum 1 2001
Arthonia atra 1 2014
Arthonia punctella 1 2014
Arthonia radiata 1 2014
Aspicilia calcarea 3 2014
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 2014
Aspicilia grisea 1 2001
Bacidia laurocerasi 1 2001
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2014
Belonia nidarosiensis 3 2014
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2014
Blennothallia crispa 2 2014
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 2014
Buellia aethalea 2 2014
Buellia ocellata 2 2014
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2001
Caloplaca dalmatica 2 2014
Caloplaca flavescens 3 2014
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 2014
Caloplaca flavovirescens 1 2014
Caloplaca oasis 3 2014
Caloplaca saxicola 2 2014
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 2014
Catillaria atomarioides 1 2001
Catillaria lenticularis 1 2001
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 2001
Cladonia coniocraea 3 2014
Cladonia fimbriata 2 2014
Cladonia pocillum 2 2014
Dendrographa decolorans 1 2001
Diploicia canescens 3 2014
Diploschistes scruposus 3 2014
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 2014
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 3 2014
Enchylium tenax 3 2014
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 3 2014
Flavoparmelia caperata 3 2014
Fuscidea lightfootii 1 2014
Glaucomaria carpinea 1 2014
Graphis scripta (Script Lichen) 2 2001
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 2 2014
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 2 2001
Hymenelia prevostii 1 2014
Hyperphyscia adglutinata 2 2014
Hypocenomyce scalaris 1 2001
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 3 2014

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

Data sets Licence Records