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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Agonimia tristicula 1 1995
Amandinea punctata 1 1995
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2010
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2019
Arthonia calcarea 1 1995
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1995
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2010
Botryolepraria lesdainii 1 1995
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2010
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Red Beard-moss) 1 2010
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2010
Buellia ocellata 1 1995
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2010
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1995
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1995
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1995
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1995
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1995
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1995
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1988
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1995
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1995
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1995
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2010
Cladonia macilenta 1 1995
Clauzadea monticola 1 1995
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Common Pincushion) 1 2010
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2010
Didymodon luridus (Dusky Beard-moss) 1 2010
Didymodon rigidulus (Perthshire Beard-moss) 1 2010
Diploicia canescens 2 1995
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1995
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1995
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 2 1995
Fissidens taxifolius (Common Pocket-moss) 1 2010
Flavoparmelia caperata 2 1995
Flavoparmelia soredians 2 1995
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2010
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 1995
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2010
Hypnum andoi (Mamillate Plait-moss) 1 2010
Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum (Supine Plait-moss) 1 2010
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2010
Hypocenomyce scalaris 1 1995
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1995
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2010
Lathagrium auriforme 1 1988
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1995
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1995
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1995

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

Data sets Licence Records