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

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 1992
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1992
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1992
Buellia aethalea 1 1992
Buellia ocellata 1 1992
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1992
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 1992
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1992
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1992
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1992
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1992
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1992
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1992
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1992
Diploicia canescens 1 1992
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 1992
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 1992
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1992
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 1992
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1992
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1992
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1992
Lecanora expallens 1 1992
Lecanora orosthea 1 1992
Lecanora polytropa 1 1992
Lecidella scabra 1 1992
Lecidella stigmatea 1 1992
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1992
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 1992
Myriolecis albescens 1 1992
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1992
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 1992
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 1 1992
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1992
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1992
Physcia adscendens 1 1992
Physcia caesia 1 1992
Physcia tenella 1 1992
Physconia grisea 1 1992
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 1992
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 1992
Psilolechia lucida 1 1992
Punctelia subrudecta s. lat. 1 1992
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 1992
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 1992
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 1992
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 1992
Verrucaria muralis 1 1992
Xanthoria calcicola 1 1992
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 1992

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

Data sets Licence Records