Eton Cemetery lychgate
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Eton Cemetery lychgate
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 24 Oct 2015
Viewed across Eton Wick Road. Derived from an old English word for a corpse, a lychgate is the roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used to shelter a coffin until the clergyman's arrival for the burial or pre-burial service.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.492664
Longitude
-0.614272