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 1994
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2013
Aspicilia calcarea 3 1994
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 2 1994
Bilimbia sabuletorum 2 1994
Caloplaca decipiens 3 1994
Caloplaca flavescens 3 1994
Caloplaca flavocitrina 3 1994
Caloplaca oasis 3 1994
Caloplaca saxicola 3 1994
Caloplaca teicholyta 3 1994
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1986
Candelariella medians f. medians 3 1994
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 3 1994
Diploicia canescens 3 1994
Diplotomma alboatrum 2 1994
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1986
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 2 1994
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 3 1994
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 3 1994
Lecanora orosthea 2 1994
Lecanora polytropa 2 1994
Lecidella stigmatea 3 1994
Lepraria incana s. lat. 3 1994
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1994
Myriolecis albescens 3 1994
Myriolecis crenulata 3 1994
Myriolecis dispersa 3 1994
Phaeophyscia nigricans 2 1994
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 3 1994
Physcia adscendens 3 1994
Physcia caesia 3 1994
Physcia dubia 2 1994
Physcia tenella 1 1986
Physconia grisea 3 1994
Placopyrenium fuscellum 3 1994
Placynthium nigrum 3 1994
Porpidia tuberculosa 2 1994
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 3 1994
Psilolechia lucida 3 1994
Rinodina oleae 1 1986
Rinodina teichophila 2 1994
Sarcogyne regularis 3 1994
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 2 1994
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 1986
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 1986
Verrucaria hochstetteri 3 1994
Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea 2 1994
Verrucaria muralis 3 1994
Verrucaria nigrescens 3 1994

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

Data sets Licence Records