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 1 1997
Acrocordia conoidea 1 1997
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1997
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1997
Bacidia rubella 1 1997
Baeomyces rufus 1 1997
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1997
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1997
Blennothallia crispa 1 1997
Bryostigma lapidicola 1 1997
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1997
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 1997
Caloplaca dalmatica 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
Caloplaca xantholyta 1 1997
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1997
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1997
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1997
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1997
Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. 1 1997
Dermatocarpon miniatum 1 1997
Diploicia canescens 1 1997
Diploschistes scruposus 1 1997
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1997
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1997
Gyrographa gyrocarpa 1 1997
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 1997
Lathagrium auriforme 1 1997
Lathagrium fuscovirens 1 1997
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1997
Lecanora expallens 1 1997
Lecanora polytropa 1 1997
Lecidella scabra 1 1997
Lepra albescens var. corallina 1 1997
Lepra amara 1 1997
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1997
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1997
Meconema thalassinum (Oak Bush-cricket) 2 2008
Myriolecis albescens 1 1997
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1997
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1997
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 1 1997
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1997
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1997
Phlyctis argena 1 1997

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

Data sets Licence Records