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
Abrothallus microspermus 1 2005
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2005
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2005
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 2005
Brachythecium rivulare (River Feather-moss) 1 1965
Bryum sauteri (Sauter's Thread-moss) 1 1965
Bryum subapiculatum (Lesser Potato Bryum) 1 1965
Buellia aethalea 1 2005
Buellia ocellata 1 2005
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 1965
Caloplaca citrina s. str. 1 2005
Calypogeia fissa (Common Pouchwort) 1 1965
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2005
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2005
Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hair-pointed Feather-moss) 1 1965
Cladonia furcata 1 2005
Clauzadea monticola 1 2005
Conocephalum conicum 1 1965
Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss) 1 1965
Diploicia canescens 1 2005
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2005
Fissidens dubius (Rock Pocket-moss) 1 1965
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 2005
Fossombronia caespitiformis (Spanish Frillwort) 1 1965
Frullania dilatata (Dilated Scalewort) 1 1965
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 1965
Grimmia trichophylla (Hair-pointed Grimmia) 1 1965
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 2005
Haematomma ochroleucum var. ochroleucum 1 2005
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 2005
Hookeria lucens (Shining Hookeria) 1 1965
Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus (Big Shaggy-moss) 1 1965
Hypnum andoi (Mamillate Plait-moss) 1 1965
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 1965
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 2005
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2005
Lecanora polytropa 1 2005
Lepraria finkii 1 2005
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2005
Lepraria vouauxii 1 2005
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 2005
Microeurhynchium pumilum (Dwarf Feather-moss) 1 1965
Myriolecis albescens 1 2005
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 2005
Orthotrichum cupulatum (Hooded Bristle-moss) 2 1994
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 2005
Parmelinopsis minarum (New Forest Parmelia) 2 2005
Parmotrema perlatum 1 2005
Pellia endiviifolia (Endive Pellia) 1 1965
Pertusaria pseudocorallina 1 2005

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

Data sets Licence Records