Lychgate entrance to the Parish Church of St Denys, Lisvane, Cardiff

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Lychgate entrance to the Parish Church of St Denys, Lisvane, Cardiff

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 12 Jan 2018

From Church Road to this https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5658032 church. 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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51.540713
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-3.167477