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

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Showing 1 - 50 of 112 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 2 2014
Acarospora privigna 2 2014
Acarospora 1 1988
Alyxoria ochrocheila 1 2014
Amandinea punctata 1 2014
Arthonia radiata 1 2014
Arthopyrenia punctiformis 1 2014
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1988
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2014
Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana 1 2014
Bacidia fuscoviridis 1 2014
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2014
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2014
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 2014
Bryostigma lapidicola 2 2014
Buellia aethalea 2 2014
Buellia ocellata 1 1988
Caloplaca arcis 1 2014
Caloplaca austrocitrina 1 2014
Caloplaca chlorina 2 2014
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 1988
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1988
Caloplaca dichroa 1 2014
Caloplaca flavescens 2 2014
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 2014
Caloplaca limonia 1 2014
Caloplaca marmorata 1 2014
Caloplaca oasis 2 2014
Caloplaca saxicola 2 2014
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 2014
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 2 2014
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1988
Candelariella reflexa 1 2014
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 2014
Catillaria atomarioides 1 2014
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1988
Diploicia canescens 1 2014
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 2014
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2014
Halecania viridescens 1 2014
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 2 2014
Hypogymnia tubulosa 1 1988
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 2014
Hypotrachyna revoluta s. str. 1 2014
Lecania cyrtella 1 2014
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 2 2014
Lecania hutchinsiae 1 2014
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 2014
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2014
Lecanora confusa 1 2014

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

Data sets Licence Records