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
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2020
Arthonia calcarea 1 1991
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1991
Buellia ocellata 1 1991
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1991
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1991
Caloplaca oasis 1 1991
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1991
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1991
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1991
Catillaria lenticularis 1 1991
Diploicia canescens 1 1991
Diplotomma alboatrum 1 1991
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1991
Epipactis helleborine (Broad-leaved Helleborine) 2 1890
Haematomma ochroleucum var. porphyrium 1 1991
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta 1 1991
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1991
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1991
Lecidea grisella 1 1991
Lecidella scabra 1 1991
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1991
Myriolecis albescens 1 1991
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1991
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 1 1991
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1991
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1991
Physcia adscendens 1 1991
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 1991
Psilolechia lucida 1 1991
Rinodina oleae 1 1991
Rumex crispus (Curled Dock) 2 1890
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 1991
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 1991
Verrucaria hochstetteri 1 1991
Verrucaria muralis 1 1991
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 1991
Verrucaria viridula 1 1991
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera 1 1991
Xanthoria calcicola 1 1991
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 1991
Xanthoria ucrainica 1 1991
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records