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
Enchylium tenax 1 2013
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2013
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoides 1 2000
Fissidens taxifolius (Common Pocket-moss) 1 2000
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 2013
Flavoparmelia soredians 1 2013
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2000
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 2013
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 3 2014
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2000
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2000
Hypocenomyce scalaris 2 2013
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 2 2013
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2000
Lathagrium auriforme 1 2013
Lathagrium fuscovirens 1 2013
Lecania hutchinsiae 1 2013
Lecania inundata 2 2013
Lecania naegelii 1 2013
Lecanora argentata 1 2013
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 3 2014
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2013
Lecanora confusa 1 2013
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 2013
Lecanora expallens 1 2013
Lecanora horiza 1 2013
Lecanora orosthea 2 2014
Lecanora pannonica 2 2014
Lecanora polytropa 3 2014
Lecanora pulicaris 1 2013
Lecanora sulphurea 4 2014
Lecidea grisella 3 2014
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma 1 2013
Lecidella scabra 2 2014
Lecidella stigmatea 2 2014
Lepra albescens var. corallina 1 2013
Lepra amara 2 2014
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1988
Lepraria incana s. str. 2 2014
Lepraria vouauxii 2 2014
Leptogium 1 2013
Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) 1 2000
Melanelixia fuliginosa 2 2013
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2013
Micarea curvata 1 2013
Monerolechia badia 1 2013
Myriolecis albescens 1 2013
Myriolecis antiqua 1 2013
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2013
Myriolecis dispersa 2 2013

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

Data sets Licence Records