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Church Lych Gates

Lych Gate, St Peter's Church
A lych gate is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English churchyard. The name comes from the Old English for a corpse (lic) and was traditionally where the clergy met the corpse for burial. - Victor Naumenko (photographer)

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Church Lych Gates

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Photographer: © Victor Naumenko (Gallery)(16th August 2012)
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Lych Gate, St Peter's Church

A lych gate is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English churchyard. The name comes from the Old English for a corpse (lic) and was traditionally where the clergy met the corpse for burial.

A picture of: Hever, Kent

This picture also appears in the following picture tours:
Hever, Churches, Kent

Camera Make: SONY Model: DSC-W200
Exposure Program: Program, Focal length: 8.7 mm, ISO: 160, Exposure time: 1/160 sec, Metering Mode: Multi-Segment, Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Date/Time Creation: July 3, 2012, 7:29 am

ImageID:1157729, Image size: 2048 x 1536 pixels

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Comment by cathyml(16th August 2012)

Thanks so much for this photo! Firstly it is where my husband's grandparents were married and secondly I can add it to my lych gate member's tour!!

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