Churchyard

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A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard. Churchyards can be host to unique and ancient habitats due to the fact that they may remain significantly unchanged for hundreds of years ''How natural is a nature reserve? An ideological study of British nature conservation landscapes'', Cooper NS, Biodiversity and Conservation, 9, 2000, 1131-1152

See also

• Graveyard
• Nature Reserve

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