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

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acolium inquinans 1 1987
Agonimia tristicula 1 1999
Amandinea punctata 1 1991
Arthonia atra 1 1991
Arthonia calcarea 1 1991
Aspicilia calcarea 4 1999
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1967
Caloplaca aurantia 7 1999
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 1987
Caloplaca cirrochroa 4 1991
Caloplaca dalmatica 3 1999
Caloplaca flavescens 6 1999
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 1991
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1990
Caloplaca saxicola 5 1999
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1990
Candelariella medians f. medians 3 1991
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1991
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1972
Cladonia coniocraea 1 1987
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1987
Colletes hederae (Ivy Bee) 1 2019
Diploicia canescens 6 1999
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1991
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 1991
Enchylium tenax 2 1999
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 1987
Hypocenomyce scalaris 1 1987
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1987
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 1991
Lecania 1 1972
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1991
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1991
Lecanora varia 1 1987
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1991
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 1991
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 1987
Myriolecis albescens 1 1999
Myriolecis crenulata 2 1987
Myriolecis dispersa 4 1999
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 3 1991
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1987
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1991
Physcia adscendens 3 1991
Physcia tenella 1 1987
Physcia tribacia 1 1972
Physconia grisea 2 1991
Placopyrenium fuscellum 2 1991
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 1991
Psilolechia lucida 3 1991

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

Data sets Licence Records