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
Aegopinella nitidula (Smooth Glass Snail) 2 2024
Amandinea punctata 1 1996
Araneus diadematus (Garden Spider) 2 2023
Arion (Carinarion) fasciatus (Rusty False-keeled Slug) 1 1987
Arion (Kobeltia) distinctus (Brown Soil Slug) 1 1987
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1996
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1996
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 1996
Blaniulus guttulatus (Spotted Snake Millipede) 1 1987
Boletus pulverulentus (Inkstain Bolete) 1 2020
Buellia aethalea 1 1996
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1996
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1996
Caloplaca oasis 1 1996
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1996
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1996
Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Cream-spot Ladybird) 1 2024
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1996
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1996
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1996
Cepaea (Cepaea) hortensis (White-lipped Snail) 1 2019
Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Brown-lipped Snail) 1 2019
Cheilosia pagana 1 2023
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 1 2024
Cornu aspersum (Common Garden Snail) 3 2021
Dasysyrphus albostriatus 1 2024
Deroceras (Deroceras) invadens (Tramp Slug) 1 2024
Deroceras (Deroceras) reticulatum (Netted Field Slug) 1 1987
Diaporthe samaricola 1 2021
Diploicia canescens 1 1996
Enchytraeidae (Whiteworm) 1 2024
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 1996
Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop) 1 2018
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 1996
Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird) 1 2024
Hedera helix (Ivy) 2 2024
Hyacinthoides 1 2018
Hypocenomyce scalaris 1 1996
Hypogymnia physodes (Dark Crottle) 1 1996
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 2 2024
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1996
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1996
Lecanora polytropa 1 1996
Lecanora sulphurea 1 1996
Lecidella scabra 1 1996
Lecidella stigmatea 1 1996
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1996
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1996
Lycoperdon perlatum (Common Puffball) 1 2020
Macrosternodesmus palicola 1 1987

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

Data sets Licence Records