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 2 2014
Acarospora privigna 1 2005
Acrocordia conoidea 1 2005
Amandinea punctata 2 2014
Aspicilia calcarea 2 2014
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2005
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2005
Buellia aethalea 2 2014
Buellia ocellata 2 2014
Caloplaca aurantia 2 2014
Caloplaca cerinella 1 2014
Caloplaca dichroa 1 2014
Caloplaca flavescens 2 2014
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2005
Caloplaca saxicola 2 2014
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2005
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 2014
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 2014
Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia 1 2005
Diploicia canescens 2 2014
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2005
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 2005
Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) 1 2011
Lathagrium auriforme 2 2014
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2005
Lecanora chlarotera 2 2014
Lecanora expallens 2 2014
Lecanora gangaleoides 1 2014
Lecanora polytropa 2 2014
Lecanora soralifera 1 2005
Lecanora sulphurea 1 2005
Lecidea grisella 1 2005
Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma 2 2014
Lecidella scabra 1 2005
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2005
Lepra albescens var. corallina 1 2005
Lepra amara 1 2005
Myriolecis albescens 2 2014
Myriolecis crenulata 2 2014
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2005
Nigma walckenaeri 1 2011
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 2 2014
Parmotrema perlatum 1 2005
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 2 2014
Physcia adscendens 2 2014
Physcia caesia 2 2014
Physcia dubia 2 2014
Physcia tenella 2 2014
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 2005
Placynthiella icmalea 1 2005

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

Data sets Licence Records