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
Abida secale (Large Chrysalis Snail) 1 2001
Acarospora fuscata 1 1997
Acarospora privigna 1 1997
Agalenatea redii 1 2001
Agonimia tristicula 1 1997
Alopecosa pulverulenta 2 2001
Amandinea punctata 1 1997
Amaurobius fenestralis 1 1993
Andrena hattorfiana (Large Scabious Mining Bee) 1 2023
Anelosimus vittatus 2 2001
Anguis fragilis (Slow-worm) 2 2023
Anyphaena accentuata (Buzzing Spider) 1 2001
Aphanisticus pusillus 1 1997
Apoderus coryli (Hazel Leaf-roller) 1 2023
Apus apus (Swift) 3 2020
Araneus diadematus (Garden Spider) 1 2001
Arthonia radiata 1 1997
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1997
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1997
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1997
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1997
Blennothallia crispa 1 1997
Bombylius major (Dark-edged Bee-fly) 1 2023
Buellia aethalea 1 1997
Buellia ocellata 1 1997
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1997
Caloplaca chlorina 1 1997
Caloplaca crenularia 1 1997
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1997
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1997
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1997
Caloplaca oasis 1 1997
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1997
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1997
Caloplaca variabilis 1 1997
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1997
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1997
Candelariella vitellina f. flavovirella 1 1997
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1997
Cantharis rustica 1 1997
Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Brown-lipped Snail) 1 2001
Cercopis vulnerata 1 2023
Cernuella (Cernuella) virgata (Striped Snail) 1 2001
Chorthippus brunneus (Field Grasshopper) 1 1997
Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil) 1 2022
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1997
Cladonia fimbriata 1 1997
Cliostomum griffithii 1 1997
Clubiona brevipes 1 2001
Clubiona comta 2 2001

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

Data sets Licence Records