Church Lane side of a lychgate, Old St Mellons
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Church Lane side of a lychgate, Old St Mellons
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 22 Jun 2017
Looking towards Tyr Winch Road at the eastern end of Church Lane. About 90 metres east of St Mellons Parish Church, https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5980005 the lychgate dating from c1900 was Grade II listed in 1977. 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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51.526591
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-3.112482