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.

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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 2 2010
Acarospora privigna 1 1996
Amandinea punctata 1 1996
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2012
Arthonia calcarea 2 2010
Aspicilia calcarea 2 2010
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 2010
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2010
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2010
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2012
Buellia aethalea 2 2010
Caloplaca aurantia 2 2010
Caloplaca flavescens 2 2010
Caloplaca flavocitrina 2 2010
Caloplaca marmorata 1 1996
Caloplaca oasis 2 2010
Caloplaca saxicola 2 2010
Caloplaca teicholyta 2 2010
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2010
Candelariella medians f. medians 2 2010
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 2 2010
Catillaria lenticularis 2 2010
Didymodon fallax (Fallacious Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon luridus (Dusky Beard-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2012
Diploicia canescens 2 2010
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 2010
Diplotomma hedinii 1 1996
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 2 2010
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2012
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 2 2010
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2012
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme 1 2012
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 2 2010
Lecania rabenhorstii 1 1996
Lecania turicensis 2 2010
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 2 2010
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1996
Lecanora expallens 1 1996
Lecanora pannonica 2 2010
Lecanora polytropa 2 2010
Lecidea grisella 2 2010
Lecidella scabra 2 2010
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2010
Lepra amara 1 1996
Lepraria incana s. lat. 2 2010
Lepraria vouauxii 2 2010
Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) 1 2012
Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort) 1 2012

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

Data sets Licence Records