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The Lych-gate<br> Villages in Somerset picture - In the Middle Ages when most people were buried in just shrouds rather than coffins, the dead were carried to the Lych Gate and placed on a bier, where the priest conducted the first part of the funeral service under its temporary shelter.
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In the Middle Ages when most people were buried in just shrouds rather than coffins, the dead were carried to the Lych Gate and placed on a bier, where the priest conducted the first part of the funeral service under its temporary shelter.
Western Europe
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