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

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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 2012
Acarospora impressula 1 2012
Acarospora privigna 1 2012
Acolium inquinans 1 1986
Acrocordia salweyi 1 1986
Agonimia tristicula 1 2012
Amandinea punctata 2 1989
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2012
Anaptychia ciliaris (Eagle's Claws) 4 2012
Arthonia apotheciorum 1 2012
Aspicilia calcarea 3 2012
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 3 2012
Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana 1 2012
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 2012
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2012
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2012
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 2012
Blennothallia crispa 2 1989
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2012
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2012
Buellia aethalea 3 2012
Buellia ocellata 2 2012
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2012
Caloplaca aurantia 3 2012
Caloplaca crenularia 2 1989
Caloplaca dalmatica 1 2012
Caloplaca decipiens 2 2012
Caloplaca dichroa 2 2012
Caloplaca flavescens 3 2012
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 2012
Caloplaca oasis 2 2012
Caloplaca ruderum 3 2012
Caloplaca saxicola 3 2012
Caloplaca teicholyta 3 2012
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 3 2012
Candelariella medians f. medians 3 2012
Candelariella reflexa 1 2012
Candelariella vitellina f. flavovirella 1 1993
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 2012
Catillaria lenticularis 2 2012
Cladonia coniocraea 2 2012
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1989
Cladonia macilenta 1 2012
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Common Pincushion) 1 2012
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon rigidulus (Perthshire Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon sinuosus (Wavy Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2012
Diploicia canescens 3 2012
Diploschistes scruposus 2 1989

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

Data sets Licence Records