Lych gate, All Saints Church, Barrowby
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Lych gate, All Saints Church, Barrowby
Image: © Anthony Vosper Taken: 14 Feb 2012
Lych is an old english word for corpse. It was here that the coffin was sheltered before entering holy ground.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.918203
Longitude
-0.694586