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
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 2003
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1969
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 1990
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1990
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1990
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1990
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1990
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1990
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1990
Caloplaca flavovirescens 1 1990
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1990
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 2 1990
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1990
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1990
Cladonia pyxidata 1 1990
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 1 2003
Diploicia canescens 1 1969
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 2003
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2003
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2003
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1990
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1990
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1990
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1990
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1990
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 2 1990
Physcia adscendens 1 1990
Physcia caesia 2 1990
Physconia grisea 1 1990
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 1990
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 1990
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 1990
Psilolechia lucida 1 1990
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 1990
Syringa vulgaris (Lilac) 1 2003
Taxus baccata (Yew) 1 2003
Verrucaria muralis 2 1990
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 1969
Verrucaria viridula 1 1990
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 1990
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records