Churchyard side of a lychgate, Llangrove, Herefordshire

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Churchyard side of a lychgate, Llangrove, Herefordshire

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 6 May 2019

Derived from an old English word for a corpse, a lychgate is the roofed gateway to a burial ground, formerly used to shelter a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival for the burial or pre-burial service. This lychgate at the edge of Christ Church churchyard was erected in 1928. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/757966

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