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
Acarospora fuscata 2 1995
Acarospora privigna 2 1995
Acrocordia salweyi 2 1995
Agonimia tristicula 2 1995
Amandinea punctata 2 1995
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2012
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1995
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 1995
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1995
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 1995
Blennothallia crispa 2 1995
Botryolepraria lesdainii 2 1995
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2012
Bryum rubens (Crimson-tuber Thread-moss) 1 2012
Buellia aethalea 2 1995
Buellia ocellata 2 1995
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2012
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1995
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 1988
Caloplaca crenularia 2 1995
Caloplaca decipiens 2 1995
Caloplaca flavescens 3 1995
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1995
Caloplaca oasis 2 1995
Caloplaca ruderum 2 1995
Caloplaca saxicola 2 1995
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1995
Campylopus introflexus (Heath Star Moss) 1 2012
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 2 1995
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 1995
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1995
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2012
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 2 1995
Cliostomum griffithii 1 1967
Didymodon luridus (Dusky Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon sinuosus (Wavy Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2012
Diploicia canescens 3 1995
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1995
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 1995
Enchylium tenax 2 1995
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 3 1995
Fissidens taxifolius (Common Pocket-moss) 1 2012
Flavoparmelia caperata 2 1987
Flavoparmelia soredians 2 1995
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2012
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 1987
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2012
Hyperphyscia adglutinata 1 1995
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2012

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

Data sets Licence Records