0 an area of land where dead bodies are buried, especially a long time ago --
1 an area of land where bodies are buried --
That concerns a privately owned cemetery which had not been used as a burial ground since 1854.
What was a fashionable burial ground in 1837 and in subsequent years is no longer fashionable.
It has on its doorstep the mass animal burial ground, where 500,000 animals are buried.
The question is whether in any case the disused burial ground was regarded as a source of profit.
The burial ground is held both for the burgh ratepayers and the landward ratepayers.
A burial ground can be put on a hillside but not an aerodrome.
It is very objectionable that religious bodies should have a right in these schemes to claim a site for a burial ground.
They built a chapel and arranged their burial ground.
