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 2011
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2011
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2011
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2011
Caloplaca oasis 1 2011
Caloplaca saxicola 1 2011
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2011
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2011
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2011
Diploicia canescens 1 2011
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2011
Evernia prunastri (Oak Moss) 1 2011
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 2011
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2011
Lecanora polytropa 1 2011
Lecidella scabra 1 2011
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2011
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2011
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 2011
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2011
Myriolecis albescens 1 2011
Myriolecis antiqua 1 2011
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2011
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2011
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 1 2011
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 2011
Physcia adscendens 1 2011
Physcia caesia 1 2011
Physconia grisea 1 2011
Physconia perisidiosa 1 2011
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2011
Psilolechia lucida 1 2011
Rinodina oleae 1 2011
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 2011
Verrucaria muralis 1 2011
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 2011
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 2011
Xanthoria ucrainica 1 2011
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Data sets Licence Records