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.

Browse the list of datasets and find organisations you can join if you are interested in participating in a survey for this place.

Other Heritage Information

Group Species

[counting] species

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

Showing 51 - 100 of 100 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Lepraria incana s. lat. 2 2011
Lepraria vouauxii 2 1994
Leprocaulon quisquiliare 1 1990
Melanelixia fuliginosa 4 2011
Myriolecis albescens 3 2011
Myriolecis crenulata 1 1990
Myriolecis dispersa 2 1994
Myriolecis hagenii 1 1990
Myriospora smaragdula 1 1990
Ochrolechia parella (Crab's Eye Lichen) 3 2011
Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. 2 2011
Parmelia sulcata (Netted Shield Lichen) 2 1994
Phaeophyscia orbicularis 2 1994
Phlyctis argena 1 1994
Physcia adscendens 3 2011
Physcia aipolia 1 1994
Physcia caesia 3 2011
Physcia dubia 3 2011
Physcia tenella 1 1990
Physconia grisea 2 1994
Placynthium nigrum 2 1994
Porpidia cinereoatra 1 1990
Porpidia tuberculosa 2 1994
Protoblastenia rupestris 2 1994
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 2 1994
Psilolechia lucida 2 1994
Punctelia subrudecta s. lat. 1 1994
Ramalina farinacea 1 1990
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 1994
Rinodina oleae 1 1990
Sarcogyne regularis 1 1994
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 1 1990
Scytinium plicatile 1 1990
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 2 1994
Toniniopsis aromatica 2 1994
Trapelia coarctata 1 1994
Trapelia glebulosa s. lat. 2 1994
Trapelia placodioides 1 1994
Trapeliopsis flexuosa 1 1994
Trapeliopsis granulosa 1 1994
Verrucaria hochstetteri 1 1990
Verrucaria muralis 1 1990
Verrucaria nigrescens 3 2011
Verrucaria viridula 1 1990
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii 2 1994
Xanthoparmelia verruculifera 2 1994
Xanthoria calcicola 3 2011
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 2 2011
Xanthoria polycarpa 1 1994
Xanthoria ucrainica 1 1994

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

Data sets Licence Records