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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 1 2001
Acarospora privigna 1 2001
Amandinea punctata 1 2001
Anomodon viticulosus (Rambling Tail-moss) 1 2000
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2001
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2000
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2001
Blennothallia crispa 1 2001
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2000
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 2000
Bryum radiculosum (Wall Thread-moss) 1 2000
Bryum rubens (Crimson-tuber Thread-moss) 1 2000
Buellia aethalea 1 2001
Buellia ocellata 1 2001
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2001
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 2001
Caloplaca crenularia 1 2001
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2001
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2001
Caloplaca xantholyta 1 2001
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2001
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2001
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2000
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2000
Diploicia canescens 1 2001
Diploschistes scruposus 1 2001
Encalypta streptocarpa (Spiral Extinguisher-moss) 1 2000
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2001
Funaria hygrometrica (Common Cord-moss) 1 2000
Glaucomaria rupicola var. rupicola (Slow-Growing Lichen) 1 2001
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 2001
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 2001
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2023
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 2001
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2001
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2001
Lecanora expallens 1 2001
Lecanora polytropa 1 2001
Lecanora soralifera 1 2001
Lecanora sulphurea 1 2001
Lecidea grisella 1 2001
Lecidella scabra 1 2001
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2001
Lepra albescens var. corallina 1 2001
Lepra amara 1 2001
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2001
Melanelixia fuliginosa 2 2001
Minettia longipennis 1 2023
Myriolecis albescens 1 2001
Myriolecis antiqua 1 2001

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

Data sets Licence Records