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Examples of lychgate
lychgate
Darwin sometimes went with them as far as the lychgate to the churchyard, and then he would go for a walk.
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Later additions include the lychgate, boathouse by the canal, hearse house, parish rooms and numerous vicarages.
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Cross a stile and go right, across the north side of the church, heading for the lychgate at the far side of the churchyard.
From the theargus.co.uk
Inside the lychgate is an informative plaque which describes how the churchyard is being managed as a conservation area to encourage flora and wildlife.
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This perhaps helps to explain why today the lychgate at Paston stands on a small path to Paston Hall rather than on the road to the north.
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At Berrynarbor, Devon, there is a lychgate in the form of a cross, while at Troutbeck, Westmorland, there are three lychgates to one churchyard.
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Beyond the lychgate on our right, we catch sigh of St Cuthbert's Church before turning left at the top of the roadway along a pathway that crosses the A174 Parkway.
From the gazettelive.co.uk
If so, this would actually represent a return of history, not an innovation, as marriages before the modern period were typically exchanged by the couple alone at the lychgate, not in church.
From the markvernon.com
- A roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals
- A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof found at the traditional entrance to a (British) churchyard.
