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The Lych Gate

The Lych Gate

The name of these covered gateways at the entrance to a churchyard is derived from 'Lych', or 'Lich', the old english term for 'corpse'. The covered gateway was where coffin bearers could wait, under shelter, for the minister to arrive to begin the funeral proceedings.

 

I am submitting this photograph to the Digital Challenge Group for this weeks 020 challenge

 

I figured it doesn't matter about the whites being blown...you wont need anything but the covered gateway.

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Uploaded on August 12, 2007
Taken on December 10, 2006