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 1999
Aspicilia calcarea 2 1999
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 2 1999
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 1999
Caloplaca oasis 2 1999
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 1999
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 2 1999
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 1999
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 2 1999
Catillaria lenticularis 2 1999
Diploicia canescens 2 1999
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 2 1999
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 1999
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 2 1999
Lecanora expallens 2 1999
Lecanora polytropa 2 1999
Lecidea grisella 2 1999
Lecidella scabra 2 1999
Lecidella stigmatea 2 1999
Lepraria incana s. lat. 2 1999
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1999
Melanelixia fuliginosa 2 1999
Micarea lignaria var. lignaria 2 1999
Myriolecis albescens 2 1999
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1999
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 2 1999
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 2 1999
Physcia adscendens 2 1999
Physcia caesia 2 1999
Physcia tenella 2 1999
Physconia grisea 2 1999
Porpidia soredizodes 2 1999
Porpidia tuberculosa 2 1999
Protoblastenia rupestris 2 1999
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 2 1999
Psilolechia lucida 2 1999
Rinodina oleae 2 1999
Rinodina teichophila 2 1999
Sarcogyne regularis 2 1999
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 2 1999
Talpa europaea (European Mole) 1 2006
Taxus baccata (Yew) 1 2006
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 2 1999
Trapelia coarctata 2 1999
Trapelia glebulosa s. lat. 2 1999
Verrucaria nigrescens 2 1999
Xanthoria calcicola 2 1999
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Data sets Licence Records