Thesaurus Term/Concept: LYCH GATE

Identifier 70102
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A covered gateway, at the entrance to a churchyard, where during a funeral a coffin could be set down until the vicar arrived.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNN171893 Cemetery Lychgates, Church Street (Building)
Monument Type MNN33697 Lych Gate & Attached Walls c.30m East of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Building)
Monument Type MNN108837 Lych Gate to Church of St. Denys (Building)
Monument Type MNN32158 St. Bartholomew's Churchyard (Monument)
Monument Type MNN29700 The Lych Gate (Building)
Monument Type MNN138153 Walls and attached lych gate approx 20m north, south, east and west of Church of St. Mary (Building)