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

Showing 1 - 50 of 72 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 1 1987
Agonimia tristicula 1 1994
Apus apus (Swift) 2 2022
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1987
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1994
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1994
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1994
Blennothallia crispa 1 1987
Buellia aethalea 1 1994
Buellia ocellata 1 1994
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1987
Caloplaca crenularia 1 1967
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1987
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1987
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1987
Candelaria concolor 1 1987
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1994
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1987
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1987
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1994
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1994
Collema 2 1994
Diploicia canescens 2 1987
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1994
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1994
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 1994
Flavoparmelia caperata 1 1987
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 1994
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 1987
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1994
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1994
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1987
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1994
Lecanora expallens 1 1994
Lecanora pannonica 1 1994
Lecanora polytropa 1 1987
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1987
Lecidea grisella 1 1994
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1987
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 1994
Myriolecis albescens 1 1994
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1994
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1987
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 1994
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 1 1987
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1994
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 2 1987
Physcia adscendens 2 1987
Physcia caesia 2 1987
Physcia dubia 1 1987

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

Data sets Licence Records