A lych gate (from Old Englishlic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof, found at the entrance to a churchyard. It is where the bier rests before burial. A church lych gate - photograph taken by Tarquin. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... A bier is a flat frame, traditionally wooden but sometimes made of other materials, used to carry a corpse for burial in a funeral procession. ...
The lychgate opening into the churchyard was erected in 1921, in memory of the Reverend George Venables Oddie who was rector of Aston for 42 years.
At the lychgate the coffin was rested on a wooden table while the priest said part of the burial service.
As only rich people could afford to be buried in a coffin, the poor were brought to the church in a parish coffin usually carried on the parish bier, and then taken out and wrapped in a sheet for burial directly into the ground.
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