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 1 2013
Aegopinella nitidula (Smooth Glass Snail) 1 1990
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2013
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2012
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2012
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2012
Buellia aethalea 1 2013
Buellia ocellata 1 2013
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2013
Caloplaca crenularia 1 2013
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2013
Campylopus introflexus (Heath Star Moss) 1 2012
Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Brown-lipped Snail) 1 1990
Cornu aspersum (Common Garden Snail) 1 1990
Didymodon fallax (Fallacious Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2012
Diploicia canescens 1 2013
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2013
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2012
Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum (Supine Plait-moss) 1 2012
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2012
Lauria (Lauria) cylindracea (Common Chrysalis Snail) 1 1990
Lecanora chlarotera 1 2013
Lecanora polytropa 1 2013
Lecanora sulphurea 1 2013
Lecidea grisella 1 2013
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma 1 2013
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 2013
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2013
Myriolecis albescens 1 2013
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2013
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 2013
Orthotrichum anomalum (Anomalous Bristle-moss) 1 2012
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 2013
Physcia adscendens 1 2013
Physcia tenella 1 2013
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2013
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 2013
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2013
Pupilla (Pupilla) muscorum (Moss Chrysalis Snail) 1 1990
Rhizocarpon geographicum 1 2013
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 2013
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 2013
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 2013
Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss) 1 2012
Trochulus (Trochulus) striolatus (Strawberry Snail) 1 1990
Trochulus hispidus (Hairy Snail) 1 1990
Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens 1 2013
Xanthoria calcicola 1 2013
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 2 2013

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

Data sets Licence Records