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
Acarospora fuscata 3 1983
Acarospora privigna 1 2013
Anthocharis cardamines (Orange-tip) 1 1996
Baeomyces rufus 3 1983
Caloplaca citrina s. str. 2 1983
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1983
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1983
Candelariella vitellina 2 2013
Cladonia coniocraea 1 2013
Cladonia macilenta 3 1983
Cladonia pyxidata 1 2013
Hypocenomyce scalaris 3 1983
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 3 1983
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 3 1983
Lecania 1 1983
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1983
Lecanora conizaeoides 2 1983
Lecanora intricata 2 1983
Lecanora polytropa 1 2013
Lecanora soralifera 3 2013
Lecidea fuscoatra s. lat. 1 1983
Lecidea grisella 1 1983
Lecidella stigmatea 2 1983
Lepra corallina 3 2013
Lepraria caesioalba 3 1983
Lepraria incana s. lat. 3 1983
Lepraria 1 2013
Melanelixia fuliginosa 2 2013
Micarea 1 1983
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1983
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 4 2013
Parmotrema perlatum 1 2013
Pertusaria pertusa 2 1983
Physcia caesia 3 2013
Physcia dubia 1 2013
Physcia tenella 1 2013
Pilosella aurantiaca (Fox-and-cubs) 1 2013
Porpidia crustulata 2 1983
Porpidia tuberculosa 4 2013
Protoparmelia badia 2 1983
Protoparmeliopsis muralis (Chewing Gum Lichen) 1 1983
Psilolechia lucida 2 1983
Rhizocarpon geographicum 3 2013
Rhizocarpon lavatum 2 1983
Rhizocarpon reductum 2 2013
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Springy Turf-moss) 1 2013
Rickenella fibula (Orange Mosscap) 1 2013
Rinodina oleae 2 1983
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 1983
Trapelia coarctata 2 1983

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

Data sets Licence Records