St. Peter's Church Thornton

The 1549 prayer book required the priest to meet the corpse at the churchyard entrance which encouraged the building of Lych Gates to shelter the corpse and the funeral party. Lych is derived from the Old English 'lich' meaning corpse, very few of the Medieval ones survive. More modern ones like this one often incorporate a war memorial, this one contains the names of the nine men of the village who lost their lives in WWI

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William Sutherland ^club

Outstanding shot!

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Rosalyn Hilborne ^club

We have a lot of lychgates in this area Peter. Most are Victorian but some very nice newer beautifully made oak ones. I remember being in a lychgate group on Panoramio! This is lovely and thank you also for the information. Have a pleasant Sunday.

5 years ago.

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5 years ago.

Marek Ewjan Stachows…

interesting detail & description
with greetings → Marek-Ewjan

5 years ago.

Sonia Roosen

Beautiful!

5 years ago.

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