The lytch-gate
..at All Saints church, Sanderstead.
A lytch-gate is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. The term lych comes from Old English for corpse, and the corpse-gate was the route that the dead would take when being taken for burial in the churchyard.
I couldn't find any information about how old this lytch-gate is, but England's oldest lytch-gate is not far from here, in Beckenham.
The lytch-gate
..at All Saints church, Sanderstead.
A lytch-gate is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. The term lych comes from Old English for corpse, and the corpse-gate was the route that the dead would take when being taken for burial in the churchyard.
I couldn't find any information about how old this lytch-gate is, but England's oldest lytch-gate is not far from here, in Beckenham.