In the Scots language  or Northern English language , this can also be known as a 
kirkyard or kirkyaird. In England, the fact that in an
Kaynak: ChurchyardThe covenant was adopted and signed by a large gathering in the 
kirkyard  of Greyfriars Kirk  in Edinburgh , on 28 February 1638, after
Kaynak: Covenanterone fragment of a rubble wall that is integrated into the Kinneddar 
kirkyard  boundary wall Loch Spynie , then open to the sea and much
Kaynak: Kinneddar CastleAlso buried in the 
kirkyard is Elma Yerburgh  (1864–1946 of the Thwaites Brewery  family from Blackburn , who lived at nearby Barwhillanty
Kaynak: Parton, Dumfries and GallowayThe building and 
kirkyard: The church was founded in 1688 and completed in 1691.  The master mason in charge was James Smith .  A plaque on
Kaynak: Kirk of the CanongateYerburgh fell seriously ill in November 1946 and died at Barwhillanty on 6 December, aged 82; she was buried at Parton  
kirkyard.
Kaynak: Elma YerburghThe present parish church was rebuilt in 1806 replacing the previous church the remains of which can be found in the adjacent 
kirkyard.
Kaynak: MarykirkIts 
kirkyard  is the burial place for John Home , author of Douglas , and John Pew , the man from whom the author Robert Louis Stevenson
Kaynak: South Leith Parish Church