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 2013
Aeshna cyanea (Southern Hawker) 1 2001
Agabus nebulosus 1 2001
Amandinea punctata 1 2013
Anax imperator (Emperor Dragonfly) 1 2001
Arthonia radiata 1 2013
Arthopyrenia punctiformis 1 2013
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2013
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2013
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 2013
Buellia aethalea 1 2013
Buellia ocellata 1 2013
Caloplaca arcis 1 2013
Caloplaca austrocitrina 1 2013
Caloplaca chlorina 1 2013
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 2013
Caloplaca crenulatella 1 2013
Caloplaca decipiens 1 2013
Caloplaca dichroa 1 2013
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2013
Caloplaca limonia 1 2013
Caloplaca marmorata 1 2013
Caloplaca oasis 2 2013
Caloplaca saxicola 1 2013
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2013
Caloplaca variabilis 1 2013
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2013
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2013
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2013
Catillaria atomarioides 1 2013
Cercyon marinus 1 2001
Cercyon unipunctatus 1 2001
Chorthippus brunneus (Field Grasshopper) 1 1993
Coenagrion puella (Azure Damselfly) 1 2001
Corixa punctata (Punctate Corixa) 1 2001
Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug) 1 2023
Diploicia canescens 1 2013
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2013
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 2013
Enallagma cyathigerum (Common Blue Damselfly) 2 2001
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2013
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 2013
Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) 1 1993
Gerris (Gerris) lacustris (Common Pondskater) 1 2001
Haliplus lineatocollis 1 2001
Helochares lividus 1 2001
Helophorus brevipalpis 1 2001
Helophorus minutus 1 2001
Hesperocorixa sahlbergi 1 2001
Hydrobius fuscipes/rottenbergii/subrotundus 1 2001

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

Data sets Licence Records