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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2018
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2002
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2002
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 2002
Bilimbia sabuletorum 1 2002
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2018
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 2018
Buellia aethalea 1 2002
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2018
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2002
Caloplaca chrysodeta 1 2002
Caloplaca decipiens 1 2002
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2002
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2002
Caloplaca oasis 1 2002
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 2002
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2002
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2002
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2002
Didymodon vinealis (Soft-tufted Beard-moss) 1 2018
Diploicia canescens 1 2002
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 2002
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2018
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2018
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme 1 2018
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2018
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2002
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 2002
Lecanora polytropa 1 2002
Lecidea grisella 1 2002
Lecidella scabra 1 2002
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2002
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2002
Lepraria vouauxii 1 2002
Lewinskya affinis (Wood Bristle-moss) 1 2018
Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) 1 2018
Microeurhynchium pumilum (Dwarf Feather-moss) 1 2018
Myriolecis albescens 1 2002
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2002
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2002
Myriospora rufescens 1 2002
Orthotrichum anomalum (Anomalous Bristle-moss) 1 2018
Orthotrichum diaphanum (White-tipped Bristle-moss) 1 2018
Oxyrrhynchium hians (Swartz's Feather-moss) 1 2018
Placopyrenium fuscellum 1 2002
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2002
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2002
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2002
Psilolechia leprosa 1 2002
Psilolechia lucida 1 2002

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

Data sets Licence Records