St John the Baptist Church and Lych Gate, Barlaston

St John the Baptist Church and Lych Gate, Barlaston

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St John the Baptist Church and Lych Gate, Barlaston

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Location: Barlaston, Stafford, Staffordshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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Lych is derived from the Old English 'lich', meaning corpse. They were meeting places and shelters for the party bringing a corpse for burial, and for the priest to receive the corpse.

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The earliest part of the church is the tower, dating from the twelfth century; the remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1888.

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Elevation 150 m

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