churchyard

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On our way there, we stopped in Heptonstall, a tiny town above Hebden Bridge, where Sylvia Plath is buried in the St. Thomas A’ Becket churchyard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"The band and the family wanted something fitting for the churchyard," Reid told the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

In the early 19th century, Americans usually died at home and were buried in the local churchyard or on family-owned land.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

He had serviced many homes and spent his days working from a shop just across the street from the churchyard where he was buried, in a hurriedly dug mass grave, The Associated Press has learned.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

Charles Waring Darwin was buried in the cemetery at the churchyard at Down where Mary Eleanor lay.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman