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 2004
Aspicilia calcarea 1 2004
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 2004
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 2004
Buellia aethalea 1 2004
Caloplaca aurantia 1 2004
Caloplaca flavescens 1 2004
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 2004
Caloplaca oasis 1 2004
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 2004
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 2004
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 2004
Diploicia canescens 1 2004
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris 1 2004
Lecanora expallens 1 2004
Lecanora polytropa 1 2004
Lecanora soralifera 1 2004
Lecidella scabra 1 2004
Lecidella stigmatea 1 2004
Lepraria incana s. lat. 1 2004
Melanelixia subaurifera 1 2004
Myriolecis albescens 1 2004
Myriolecis crenulata 1 2004
Myriolecis dispersa 1 2004
Myriospora rufescens 1 2004
Phaeophyscia nigricans 1 2004
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 1 2004
Physcia adscendens 1 2004
Physcia caesia 1 2004
Physcia tenella 1 2004
Placynthium nigrum 1 2004
Porpidia soredizodes 1 2004
Porpidia tuberculosa 1 2004
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 2004
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 1 2004
Psilolechia lucida 1 2004
Ramalina farinacea 1 2004
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 2004
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 1 2004
Verrucaria muralis 1 2004
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 2004
Verrucaria viridula 1 2004
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 1 2004
Xanthoria polycarpa 1 2004
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records