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

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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 1989
Agapanthia cardui 1 2024
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1989
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1989
Blennothallia crispa 1 1989
Buellia ocellata 1 1989
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1989
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 1989
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1989
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1989
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1989
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1989
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1989
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1989
Diploicia canescens 1 1989
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1989
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1989
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 1989
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1989
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1989
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1989
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1989
Lucanus cervus (Stag Beetle) 1 2002
Melanelixia fuliginosa 2 1989
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1989
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1989
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1989
Phlyctis argena 1 1989
Physcia adscendens 1 1989
Physcia caesia 1 1989
Physcia dubia 1 1989
Physconia grisea 1 1989
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 1989
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 1989
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 1989
Psilolechia lucida 1 1989
Punctelia subrudecta s. lat. 1 1989
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 1989
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 1989
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii 2 1994
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera 1 1989
Xanthoria calcicola 1 1989
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 1989
Xanthoria ucrainica 1 1989
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records