SE9941 : Lych gate, St Michaels & All Angels Church, Cherry Burton
near to Cherry Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Great Britain
Lych gate, St Michaels & All Angels Church, Cherry Burton
Many churches have a lych gate built over the main entrance to the enclosed area round the church. The name, also spelt lich or lytch, is from the Anglo Saxon 'lich' meaning corpse. The gate marks the division between consecrated and unconsecrated ground, where the bearers sheltered with the coffin, waiting for the clergyman to lead the procession before the burial.
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2007
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- SE9941, 20 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Trish Steel (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Supplemental image
- Date Taken
- Friday, 12 October, 2007 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 21 October, 2007
- Category
- Lych gate (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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SE 992 419 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:51.8517N 0:29.5266W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: SE 992 419
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- Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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