Lych gate

A lych gate (from Old English lic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof, the traditional entrance to an British church yard. It is where the bier rests before burial.

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Lych gates consist of a roofed porch like structure over a gate, often built of wood. They sometimes have recessed seats on either side of the gate itself.

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Old English: Old English (Englisc, Anglisc, Ænglisc) or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily th...

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