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
Acarospora fuscata 1 1996
Caloplaca chlorina 1 1996
Caloplaca decipiens 1 1996
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1996
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1996
Caloplaca oasis 1 1996
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1996
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1996
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1996
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1996
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1996
Diploicia canescens 1 1996
Dirina massiliensis f. sorediata 1 1996
Lecania erysibe s. lat. 1 1996
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 1996
Lecanora conizaeoides f. conizaeoides 1 1996
Lecanora orosthea 1 1996
Lecanora polytropa 1 1996
Lecanora soralifera 1 1996
Lecidea grisella 1 1996
Lecidella scabra 1 1996
Lepraria finkii 1 1996
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 1996
Lepraria vouauxii 1 1996
Myriolecis albescens 1 1996
Myriolecis antiqua 1 1996
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1996
Myriolecis dispersa 1 1996
Myriospora rufescens 1 1996
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 1 1996
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 1996
Physcia adscendens 1 1996
Physcia caesia 1 1996
Physconia grisea 1 1996
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 1996
Psilolechia lucida 1 1996
Rinodina oleae 1 1996
Rinodina teichophila 1 1996
Sarcogyne regularis 1 1996
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 1996
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 1996
Verrucaria hochstetteri 1 1996
Verrucaria macrostoma f. furfuracea 1 1996
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 1996
Verrucaria viridula 1 1996
Xanthoria calcicola 1 1996
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 1996
Xanthoria ucrainica 1 1996
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records