Lych gate, All Saints Church, Dibden
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Lych gate, All Saints Church, Dibden
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 30 Jun 2008
The lych gate is the church War Memorial. Inscribed on panels are the names of the Fallen in the two World Wars. Lych was the old English word for dead body. At the lych gate the coffin was rested and the burial service commenced.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.875719
Longitude
-1.436834