Lychgate
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A lychgate or resurrection gate is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples also exist 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.
A lych gate in Ceredigion, Wales, decorated for a wedding
Lych gate, St George's church, Beckenham, South London, said to be the oldest in England
A traditional English lychgate
Millennium lychgate at Lenton, Lincolnshire
Churchyard
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In Christian countries a churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language and in both Scottish English and Ulster Scots, this can also be known as a kirkyard.
The churchyard of Straßwalchen, Austria
Churchyard adjacent to St. Mary's Forane Church, Koratty, India.
Lutheran St. Olaf's Church and churchyard in Jomala, Åland
Russian Orthodox Church and churchyard in Alaska