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 2002
Acarospora privigna 1 2002
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2002
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2002
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2002
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2002
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2002
Caloplaca oasis 1 2002
Caloplaca ruderum 1 2002
Caloplaca saxicola 1 2002
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2002
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2002
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2002
Diploicia canescens 1 2002
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 2002
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 2002
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 2002
Hypocenomyce scalaris 1 2002
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 2002
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2002
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 2002
Lecanora polytropa 1 2002
Lecanora soralifera 1 2002
Lecidella scabra 1 2002
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2002
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2002
Lepraria vouauxii 1 2002
Melanelixia fuliginosa 1 2002
Myriolecis albescens 1 2002
Myriolecis antiqua 1 2002
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2002
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2002
Myriospora rufescens 1 2002
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 2002
Physcia adscendens 1 2002
Physcia tenella 1 2002
Physconia grisea 1 2002
Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Common Pipistrelle) 1 2016
Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Soprano Pipistrelle) 1 2016
Placynthium nigrum 1 2002
Plecotus auritus (Brown Long-eared Bat) 1 2016
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2002
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2002
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2002
Psilolechia lucida 1 2002
Sarcogyne regularis 1 2002
Solenopsora candicans 1 2002
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 2002
Trapelia glebulosa s. lat. 1 2002
Trapelia placodioides 1 2002

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

Data sets Licence Records