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 1994
Acrocordia salweyi 1 1993
Amandinea punctata 3 1994
Andrena nitida (Grey-patched Mining Bee) 1 2019
Andrena scotica (Chocolate Mining Bee) 1 2019
Arthonia atra 1 1967
Arthonia calcarea 2 1994
Aspicilia caesiocinerea 1 1993
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1994
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 1994
Bacidina arnoldiana 1 1994
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1993
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1994
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 1994
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) 1 2019
Buellia aethalea 1 1994
Buellia ocellata 1 1994
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1994
Caloplaca chlorina 2 1994
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1969
Caloplaca flavescens 7 1994
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 1994
Caloplaca flavovirescens 1 1994
Caloplaca oasis 1 1994
Caloplaca ruderum 2 1994
Caloplaca saxicola 3 1994
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1994
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 6 1994
Catillaria lenticularis 3 1994
Chrysothrix candelaris 2 1994
Cladonia coniocraea 2 1994
Cladonia digitata 1 1993
Cladonia floerkeana 1 1994
Cladonia macilenta 4 1994
Cladonia ochrochlora 1 1993
Cladonia polydactyla 2 1993
Cladonia pyxidata 1 1994
Cladonia ramulosa 1 1994
Cliostomum griffithii 3 1994
Dendrographa decolorans 2 1967
Diploicia canescens 5 1994
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1993
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1994
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 1994
Enterographa zonata 1 1993
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 3 1994
Flavoparmelia caperata 3 1994
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 1993
Haematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucum 1 1994
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 3 1994

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

Data sets Licence Records