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 1988
Acarospora privigna 1 1988
Amandinea punctata 1 1988
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) 5 2024
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) 22 2023
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2020
Arthonia calcarea 1 1991
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1991
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1991
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1991
Blennothallia crispa 1 1988
Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee) 1 2023
Bombus humilis (Brown-banded Carder Bee) 2 2022
Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) 2 2024
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee) 26 2024
Bombus lucorum/terrestris (White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers) 3 2024
Bombus lucorum 7 2024
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) 41 2024
Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) 24 2024
Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) 102 2024
Bombus vestalis (Vestal Cuckoo Bee) 1 2023
Buellia aethalea 1 1988
Buellia ocellata 1 1988
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1991
Caloplaca dalmatica 2 1991
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1991
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1988
Caloplaca oasis 2 1991
Caloplaca ruderum 2 1991
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1988
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1991
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 2 1991
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1991
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1991
Diploicia canescens 2 1991
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1991
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 1991
Flavoparmelia soredians 1 1988
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1988
Lathagrium auriforme 1 1988
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1991
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1991
Lecanora expallens 1 1988
Lecanora polytropa 1 1988
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1988
Lecidella scabra 1 1991
Lecidella stigmatea 1 1988
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1988
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1991
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 1988

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

Data sets Licence Records