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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 3 1995
Aeshna grandis (Brown Hawker) 1 1988
Alyxoria xerica 2 1995
Aspicilia calcarea 3 1995
Blennothallia crispa 3 1995
Buellia aethalea 1 1992
Buellia ocellata 1 1988
Caloplaca aurantia 2 1995
Caloplaca flavescens 2 1995
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1995
Caloplaca oasis 3 1995
Caloplaca saxicola 3 1995
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1995
Calopteryx splendens (Banded Demoiselle) 2 1988
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 2 1995
Candelariella medians f. medians 3 1995
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 1995
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch) 1 2023
Columba palumbus (Woodpigeon) 1 2023
Cyanistes caeruleus (Blue Tit) 1 2023
Diploicia canescens 3 1995
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1995
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 1995
Erithacus rubecula (Robin) 1 2023
Flavoparmelia caperata 2 1995
Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) 1 2023
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 2 1995
Ischnura elegans (Blue-tailed Damselfly) 1 1988
Lathagrium auriforme 1 1988
Lathagrium fuscovirens 2 1995
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 2 1995
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1995
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 3 1995
Lecanora expallens 2 1995
Lecanora polytropa 2 1995
Lecanora sulphurea 2 1995
Lecidella scabra 2 1995
Lecidella stigmatea 2 1995
Lepra albescens var. corallina 1 1992
Lepra amara 2 1995
Lepraria incana s. lat. 3 1995
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1995
Melanelixia fuliginosa 4 1995
Myriolecis albescens 2 1995
Myriolecis crenulata 2 1995
Myriolecis dispersa 3 1995
Opegrapha vermicellifera 2 1995
Opegrapha 1 1995
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) 1 2023
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 3 1995

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

Data sets Licence Records