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 2009
Acarospora muddii 2 2009
Acarospora privigna 1 2009
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2018
Arthonia calcarea 1 2009
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2009
Atrichum undulatum 1 2018
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2009
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2018
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2009
Brachythecium rivulare (River Feather-moss) 1 2018
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2018
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2018
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2018
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 2018
Buellia aethalea 1 2009
Buellia ocellata 1 2009
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2018
Caloplaca arcis 1 2009
Caloplaca chlorina 1 2009
Caloplaca citrina s. str. 1 2009
Caloplaca crenularia 1 2009
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 2009
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2009
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2009
Caloplaca oasis 1 2009
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2009
Campylopus introflexus (Heath Star Moss) 1 2018
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2009
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2018
Cryphaea heteromalla (Lateral Cryphaea) 1 2018
Dialytrichia mucronata (Pointed Lattice-moss) 1 2018
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Common Pincushion) 1 2018
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2018
Didymodon nicholsonii (Nicholson's Beard-moss) 1 2018
Didymodon rigidulus (Perthshire Beard-moss) 1 2018
Didymodon sinuosus (Wavy Beard-moss) 1 2018
Diploicia canescens 1 2009
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2009
Enterographa zonata 1 2009
Fissidens taxifolius (Common Pocket-moss) 1 2018
Frullania dilatata (Dilated Scalewort) 1 2018
Grimmia decipiens (Great Grimmia) 1 2018
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2018
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 2009
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2018
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2018
Isothecium myosuroides 1 2018
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2018
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 2009

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

Data sets Licence Records