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 2005
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2020
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2005
Caloplaca decipiens 1 2005
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2005
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 2005
Caloplaca oasis 1 2005
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2005
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2005
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2005
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2005
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2005
Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) 1 1997
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2005
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 2005
Lecanora polytropa 1 2005
Lecanora soralifera 1 2005
Lecidella scabra 1 2005
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2005
Lepraria finkii 1 2005
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2005
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2005
Myriolecis albescens 1 2005
Myriolecis antiqua 1 2005
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2005
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2005
Myriospora rufescens 1 2005
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 2005
Phaeophyscia nigricans 1 2005
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 2005
Physcia adscendens 1 2005
Physcia caesia 1 2005
Physconia grisea 1 2005
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2005
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2005
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 2005
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2005
Psilolechia leprosa 1 2005
Psilolechia lucida 1 2005
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 2005
Trapelia placodioides 1 2005
Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea 1 2005
Verrucaria macrostoma f. macrostoma 1 2005
Verrucaria muralis 1 2005
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 2005
Verrucaria viridula 1 2005
Xanthoria calcicola 1 2005
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 2005
Xanthoria polycarpa 1 2005
Xanthoria ucrainica 1 2005
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records