lychgate
Churchyard covered gateway
A lychgate is a roofed gateway at the entrance to a churchyard, traditionally where a coffin rested during the initial part of a burial service.
The structure provided shelter while mourners waited for the clergyman.
Most lychgates are found at older English churches, though the architectural style has spread to other contexts: The wedding party gathered under the lychgate for photographs.
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- bierCoffin-supporting stand
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
mourners · procession · corpse · eulogy · graveside · interment · wake · shroud
Segment of text
- transitionChange from one state
- liminalityTransitional ambiguity between phases
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- boundaryLine marking a limit
liminal · betwixt · sacred · profane · rite · initiation · symbolic · portal
Burial site marker
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveyardPlot for interring the dead
burial · plot · yew · pathway · epitaph · memorial · ancestors · remembrance
Wood for construction
- oakQuercus genus member
- gabledWith triangular roof ends
- roofedHaving overhead shelter
- beamsRays or supports
carvings · lattice · trellis · pinnacle · lintel · keystone · architrave · tracery
Of the Middle Ages
- VictorianOf a prim era
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
antiquity · tradition · listed · historic · vernacular · English · ancient · architectural
coffin
Burial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- bierCoffin-supporting stand
hearse · mourners · procession · corpse · eulogy · graveside · interment · wake · shroud · pall
passage
Segment of text
- transitionChange from one state
- liminalityTransitional ambiguity between phases
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
boundary · liminal · betwixt · sacred · profane · rite · initiation · symbolic · portal · gateway
gravestone
Burial site marker
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- headstoneMemorial slab marking burial
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
graveyard · burial · plot · yew · pathway · epitaph · memorial · ancestors · remembrance · monument
timber
Wood for construction
beams · carvings · lattice · trellis · pinnacle · lintel · keystone · architrave · tracery · mullion
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
- VictorianOf a prim era
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
restoration · antiquity · tradition · listed · historic · vernacular · English · ancient · architectural · protected
lychgateturnstile
Rotating single-passage barrier
farm gate · cattle grid · toll gate · security checkpoint · cattle gate
lychgategrave
Serious and worrying
tomb · crypt · burial vault · mausoleum