Why were so many elm trees planted in Churchyards in England? Where they

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10-02-2007, 06:49 PM

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Why were so many elm trees planted in Churchyards in England? Where they

symbolic in someway? I heard they may represent life or ward off spirits or something of that nature. In any case, you often find a very old, single large elm tree in a churchyard.

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