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
Amandinea punctata 1 1995
Apus apus (Swift) 2 2022
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1995
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1995
Blennothallia crispa 1 1995
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1995
Buellia ocellata 1 1995
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1995
Caloplaca chlorina 1 1995
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 1995
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1995
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1995
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1995
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1995
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1995
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1995
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1995
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1995
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1995
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1995
Diploicia canescens 1 1995
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1995
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1995
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1995
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 1995
Hyperphyscia adglutinata 1 1995
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1995
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1995
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1995
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1995
Lecanora expallens 1 1995
Lecanora orosthea 1 1995
Lecanora polytropa 1 1995
Lecidea grisella 1 1995
Lecidella scabra 1 1995
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1995
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1995
Myriolecis albescens 1 1995
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1995
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1995
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) 2 2018
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1995
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1995
Physcia adscendens 1 1995
Physcia caesia 1 1995
Physcia dubia 1 1995
Physconia grisea 1 1995
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 1995
Placynthiella icmalea 1 1995
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 1995

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

Data sets Licence Records