Lychgate, Clewer Village, Windsor

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Lychgate, Clewer Village, Windsor

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 24 Oct 2015

At the western (Mill Lane) entrance to the churchyard of St Andrew the Apostle. 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

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Latitude
51.485519
Longitude
-0.62601