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 MCH6407 Chapel and Chaplain's House, East of Sutton Hall (Building)
Monument Type MCH25120 Church of St Michael: War Memorial Lych-gate (Building)
Monument Type MCH25985 Lychgate to St John the Evangelist, Sandiway (Building)
Monument Type MCH24992 Lychgate to St John's Churchyard (Building)