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What (who) is lychgate - definition
GATEWAY COVERED WITH A ROOF IN AN ENGLISH-STYLE CHURCHYARD
Lych gate; Lich gate; Lytch gate; Lych-Gate; Lich Gate; Lycu Gate; Lich-gate; Lych-gate; Lich-Gate; Lynch gate; Lichgate; Lycugate
![St George's church, Beckenham]], [[South London]], said to be the oldest in England<ref name="brewer" />](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lych gate, St George's church Beckenham.jpg?width=200 "St George's church, Beckenham]], [[South London]], said to be the oldest in England<ref name=\"brewer\" />")
![Millennium lychgate at [[Lenton, Lincolnshire]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lenton Lincolnshire Lychgate geograh1761572 by BobHarvey.JPG?width=200 "Millennium lychgate at [[Lenton, Lincolnshire]]")
![A rare Scottish example at [[Cummertrees]], [[Dumfries and Galloway]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cummertrees Parish Church & Lych gate.JPG?width=200 "A rare Scottish example at [[Cummertrees]], [[Dumfries and Galloway]]")
![Lychgate at the [[Church of St. James the Less]], [[Philadelphia]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lych-gate-at-St-James-the-Less.png?width=200 "Lychgate at the [[Church of St. James the Less]], [[Philadelphia]]")
![Lychgate at St. Michael's church, [[Aylsham]], Norfolk](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lychgate.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at St. Michael's church, [[Aylsham]], Norfolk")
![Lychgate of All Saints Parish Church, [[Shiptonthorpe]], East Yorkshire](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lych Gate, All Saints Parish Church, Shiptonthorpe.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate of All Saints Parish Church, [[Shiptonthorpe]], East Yorkshire")
![Lychgate at St.Mary's parish church, [[Castle Eaton]], Wiltshire](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Castle eaton lych gate.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at St.Mary's parish church, [[Castle Eaton]], Wiltshire")
![Lychgate at [[Kirkley Cemetery]], [[Lowestoft]], Suffolk](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirkley Cemetery Lychgate.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at [[Kirkley Cemetery]], [[Lowestoft]], Suffolk")
![John Douglas]] at [[St Michael's Church, Manafon]], [[Powys]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Michael's Manafon lych gate.jpg?width=200 "John Douglas]] at [[St Michael's Church, Manafon]], [[Powys]]")
![Early 20th-century lychgate at [[St Andrew's Church, West Tarring]], West Sussex](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lychgate at St Andrew's Church, West Tarring.jpg?width=200 "Early 20th-century lychgate at [[St Andrew's Church, West Tarring]], West Sussex")
![Lychgate at [[St. Columba's Chapel (Middletown, Rhode Island)]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StColumba Nov08 3.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at [[St. Columba's Chapel (Middletown, Rhode Island)]]")
![Lychgate at [[St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean]], East Sussex](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean 04.JPG?width=200 "Lychgate at [[St Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean]], East Sussex")
![Lychgate at [[St. Anne's Chapel (Fredericton)]], New Brunswick](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lychgate at St. Anne's Chapel of Ease in Fredericton.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at [[St. Anne's Chapel (Fredericton)]], New Brunswick")
![Lychgate at [[Alskog Church]], [[Gotland]] (Sweden)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alskogs-kyrka-Gotland-total1.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at [[Alskog Church]], [[Gotland]] (Sweden)")
![Lychgate at [[Garde Church]], Gotland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garda Church yard portal 02.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate at [[Garde Church]], Gotland")
![Combined lychgate and [[bell tower]] at [[Rö Church]], Sweden](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ro kyrka bell tower.jpg?width=200 "Combined lychgate and [[bell tower]] at [[Rö Church]], Sweden")
![[[St Baglan's Church, Llanfaglan]], Wales](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porth Mynwent Eglwys S Baglan Lych Gate - geograph.org.uk - 615079.jpg?width=200 "[[St Baglan's Church, Llanfaglan]], Wales")
![Lychgate of the [[St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lychgate of the Church of Saint Swithun, Bournemouth.jpg?width=200 "Lychgate of the [[St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth]]")
lychgate
['l?t?ge?t]
¦ noun a roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used at burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman's arrival.
Origin
C15: from OE lic 'body' + gate1.
Lych gate
·- ·see under Lich.
Sandridge Lychgate
LYCHGATE IN SANDRIDGE, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, UK
Sandridge Lychgate is a war memorial in the village of Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England. The timber lychgate with its flanking walls is listed Grade II, and is the entrance to the churchyard of St Leonard's Church, Sandridge.
Wikipedia
Lychgate
A lychgate, also spelled lichgate, lycugate, lyke-gate or as two separate words lych gate, (from Old English lic, corpse), also wych gate, is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. The name resurrection gate is also used. Examples exist also outside the British Isles in places such as Newfoundland, the Upland South and Texas in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway, and Sweden.
