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 2009
Acarospora muddii 2 2009
Amandinea punctata 1 2009
Arthonia radiata 1 2009
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2009
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2009
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2009
Buellia aethalea 1 2009
Buellia ocellata 1 2009
Caloplaca citrina s. str. 1 2009
Caloplaca crenularia 1 2009
Caloplaca crenulatella 1 2009
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 2009
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2009
Caloplaca oasis 2 2009
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2009
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2009
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 2009
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 2009
Cladonia humilis 1 2009
Cladonia macilenta 1 2009
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2009
Enterographa zonata 1 2009
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2009
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 2009
Fuscidea lightfootii 1 2009
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 2009
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 2009
Lecania cyrtella 1 2009
Lecania rabenhorstii 1 2009
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2009
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2009
Lecanora intricata 1 2009
Lecanora polytropa 1 2009
Lecanora saligna 1 2009
Lecanora soralifera 1 2009
Lecidea grisella 1 2009
Lecidea lithophila 1 2009
Lecidella scabra 1 2009
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2009
Lepra aspergilla 1 2009
Lepra corallina 1 2009
Lepraria incana s. str. 1 2009
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 2009
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2009
Myriolecis albescens 1 2009
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2009
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2009
Myriospora smaragdula 1 2009
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 2009

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

Data sets Licence Records