churchyard
Also known as church yard, kirkyard
thumb|The churchyard of Straßwalchen, [[Austria]] In Christian countries, a churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language and in both Scottish English and Ulster Scots, this can also be known as a kirkyard.
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- Use of churchyards as a place of burial
- Ecology
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thumb|The churchyard of Straßwalchen, [[Austria]] In Christian countries, a churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language and in both Scottish English and Ulster Scots, this can also be known as a kirkyard.
While churchyards can be any patch of land on church grounds, historically, they were often used as graveyards (burial places).