Bier house, St Aidan's, Hellifield
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Bier house, St Aidan's, Hellifield
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 31 May 2021
An unusual survival, and restored in recent years, is this bier house in the corner of the churchyard. In it would have been kept the bier or wagon on which coffins were brought to the church for a burial before the days of the motor hearse.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.004413
Longitude
-2.219967