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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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Instances/Examples (7)

Context Record
Monument Type MDR12361 Churchyard surrounding St Michael's Church, Church Lane, Sutton on the Hill (Listed Building)
Monument Type MDR24312 Lych Gate and Retaining Wall, All Saints Church Graveyard, Shardlow Road, Aston upon Trent (Listed Building)
Monument Type MDR23722 Lych Gate and Walls at Holy Trinity Church, Mapperley Lane, Mapperley (Listed Building)
Monument Type MDR13123 Lych Gate, St John's Chapel Heritage Centre, The Butts, Belper (Monument)
Monument Type MDR24466 Lychgate of Churchyard at St Anne's Church, Church Street, Baslow and Bubnell (Listed Building)
Monument Type MDR24227 Lychgate, St Laurence's Church, Station Lane, Walton upon Trent (Listed Building)
Monument Type MDR9789 St Mark's Church (site of) and Grave Yard, Cromford Hill, Cromford (Monument)