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
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 1990
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 1990
Brachythecium albicans (Whitish Feather-moss) 1 1990
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 1990
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 1990
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 1990
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 1990
Bryum rubens (Crimson-tuber Thread-moss) 1 1990
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 1990
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 1990
Cirriphyllum piliferum (Hair-pointed Feather-moss) 1 1990
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Common Pincushion) 1 1990
Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss) 1 1990
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 1990
Didymodon luridus (Dusky Beard-moss) 1 1990
Didymodon rigidulus (Perthshire Beard-moss) 1 1990
Didymodon sinuosus (Wavy Beard-moss) 1 1990
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 1990
Fissidens bryoides s.l. (Lesser Pocket-moss) 1 1990
Funaria hygrometrica (Common Cord-moss) 1 1990
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 1990
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 1990
Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum (Supine Plait-moss) 1 1990
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 1990
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 1990
Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) 1 1990
Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) 1 1990
Oxyrrhynchium hians (Swartz's Feather-moss) 1 1990
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Pipistrelle) 1 2018
Plagiomnium undulatum (Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss) 1 1990
Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (Hornschuch's Beard-moss) 1 1990
Pseudocrossidium revolutum (Revolute Beard-moss) 1 1990
Pseudoscleropodium purum (Neat Feather-moss) 1 1990
Rhynchostegiella tenella (Tender Feather-moss) 1 1990
Rhynchostegium confertum (Clustered Feather-moss) 1 1990
Rhynchostegium megapolitanum (Megapolitan Feather-moss) 1 1990
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Springy Turf-moss) 1 1990
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum 1 1990
Tortula marginata (Bordered Screw-moss) 1 1990
Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss) 1 1990
Weissia controversa var. controversa 1 1990
Weissia controversa (Green-tufted Stubble-moss) 1 1990
Zygodon viridissimus (Green Yoke-moss) 1 1990
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records