2021

TQ3751 : Lych gate, Church of St Peter

taken 3 years ago, near to Tandridge, Surrey, England

Lych gate, Church of St Peter
Lych gate, Church of St Peter
Lych Gates

A lychgate or as two separate words lych gate, is a gateway covered with a roof found at the entrance to a traditional English churchyard. The name comes from the Old English for a corpse (lic) and was traditionally where the clergy met the corpse for burial. It was also a shelter for the pall bearers.

Church of St Peter, Tandridge

St. Peter's Church, occupies an elevated and prominent position in the parish. The nave is late 11th century, with a wall and carved priest's door in the north of the chancel of the same date. The tower and spire form a rare example of timber construction, and one of the earliest of its class in Surrey, dating, in fact, from the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century. Grade I listed.

Tandridge :: TQ3750

Tandridge is a village in Surrey. Its located on a rise of the Greensand Ridge between Oxted and Godstone.
it has one of the oldest yew trees in the country and a Grade I-listed church.
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TQ3751, 57 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 22 September, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 29 September, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3743 5113 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.5680N 0:1.9514W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3741 5113
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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