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

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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
Agonimia tristicula 1 2015
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) 1 2004
Araucaria araucana (Monkey-puzzle) 1 2016
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2015
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 2015
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2015
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2000
Blennothallia crispa 2 2015
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee) 1 2021
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2015
Caloplaca dalmatica 2 2015
Caloplaca flavescens 2 2015
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 2015
Caloplaca limonia 1 2015
Caloplaca saxicola 1 2015
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2000
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 2015
Catillaria lenticularis 1 2015
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 2000
Cladonia pocillum 1 2000
Cladonia pyxidata 1 2000
Clauzadea monticola 2 2015
Cupressus sempervirens (Italian Cypress) 1 2016
Diploicia canescens 2 2015
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 2015
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 2015
Elasmucha grisea (Parent Bug) 1 2004
Empis livida 1 2004
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2000
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 2000
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 2000
Intralichen lichenum 2 2015
Lathagrium auriforme 1 2015
Lathagrium fuscovirens 1 2015
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 2 2015
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 2015
Lecanora gangaleoides 1 2015
Lepraria finkii 1 2015
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2000
Myriolecis albescens 1 2015
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2000
Opegrapha rupestris 1 2015
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 2000
Physcia adscendens 1 2015
Physconia grisea 1 2015
Pinus radiata (Monterey Pine) 1 2016
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 2015
Placynthium nigrum 1 2015
Protoblastenia rupestris 2 2015
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir) 1 2016

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

Data sets Licence Records