Lychgate facing Church Road, Rumney, Cardiff
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Lychgate facing Church Road, Rumney, Cardiff
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Jul 2017
At the entrance to Saint Augustine, the Parish Church of Rumney. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5486499 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
51.505445
Longitude
-3.132859