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 1 2006
Acarospora privigna 1 2006
Apus apus (Swift) 2 2020
Arthonia radiata 1 2006
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2006
Buellia aethalea 1 2006
Buellia ocellata 1 2006
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2006
Caloplaca crenularia 1 2006
Caloplaca crenulatella 1 2006
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2006
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 2006
Caloplaca oasis 1 2006
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2006
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2006
Diploicia canescens 1 2006
Diploschistes scruposus 1 2006
Fuscidea lightfootii 1 2006
Glaucomaria rupicola var. rupicola (Slow-Growing Lichen) 1 2006
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2006
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2006
Lecanora expallens 1 2006
Lecanora polytropa 1 2006
Lecanora soralifera 1 2006
Lecidea grisella 1 2006
Lecidella scabra 1 2006
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2006
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2006
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 2006
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2006
Myotis (Myotis Bat species) 1 2022
Myriolecis albescens 1 2006
Myriolecis antiqua 1 2006
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2006
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 2006
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 2006
Physcia adscendens 1 2006
Physcia caesia 1 2006
Physcia dubia 1 2006
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Common Pipistrelle) 1 2022
Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Soprano Pipistrelle) 1 2022
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 2006
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2006
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 2006
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2006
Psilolechia lucida 1 2006
Ramalina farinacea 1 2006
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 2006
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 2006
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 2006

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

Data sets Licence Records