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Photographer's Note
The second picture in this series looks at the church as the visitor sees it on approaching, a fine example of a lych gate is passed through to enter the church grounds.
Extremely attractive to look at, a lych gate had what some might say was rather ghoulish function.
The word lych comes from Middle English, meaning a body, and a lych gate is a covered over gateway where the bier (coffin and stand) would be placed whilst the burial service was read.
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Aegean
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(2571) 2003-07-18 3:51
Very nice indeed Mike...The whole composition is great as it is the story behind it...Thank's for sharing!
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(235) 2003-07-19 13:45
I like the photo Mike, and also the history of the word lych, which I didn't know.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Michael Jones (Mike)
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(693) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2003-07-16
- Categories: Architecture
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: Warburton, Cheshire
- Date Submitted: 2003-07-18 3:30
