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 1995
Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) 1 2009
Amandinea punctata 2 1995
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2002
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1995
Atrichum undulatum 1 2002
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2002
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 1 2009
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 1995
Brachythecium albicans (Whitish Feather-moss) 1 2002
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2002
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2002
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2002
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 2002
Bryum ruderale (Pea Bryum) 1 2002
Buellia aethalea 3 1995
Buellia ocellata 3 1995
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2002
Caloplaca decipiens 3 1995
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1995
Caloplaca oasis 3 1995
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1995
Campylopus introflexus (Heath Star Moss) 1 2002
Campylopus pyriformis (Dwarf Swan-neck Moss) 1 2002
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 3 1995
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1995
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 1995
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 3 1995
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2002
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 4 1995
Cladonia coniocraea 1 1995
Cladonia fimbriata 3 1995
Cladonia furcata 3 1995
Cladonia scabriuscula 1 1986
Cladonia squamosa s. lat. 2 1995
Cladonia squamosa var. squamosa 1 1995
Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii (Leyland Cypress) 1 2009
Dicranella heteromalla (Silky Forklet-moss) 1 2002
Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss) 1 2002
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2002
Diploicia canescens 2 1995
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 2 1995
Fagus sylvatica (Beech) 1 2009
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2009
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2002
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2002
Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum (Great Plait-moss) 1 2002
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2002
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 3 1995
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2002

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

Data sets Licence Records