Lychgate - St Margaret - Ilketshall St Margaret, Suffolk
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N 52° 24.900 E 001° 27.207
31U E 394816 N 5808322
Lychgate at St Margaret's church, Ilketshall St Margaret.
Waymark Code: WM11R29
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/07/2019
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Lychgate at St Margaret's church, Ilketshall St Margaret.
"The church comprises a nave and chancel without aisles, and an ancient round tower at the west end, in which are three bells. The edifice was covered till very lately with thatch, scarcely water-proof, which has recently given place to slate. The interior is neat, and reputably kept, but the fittings far inferior to what they should be, in a church so well endowed as this is. The fabric is probably very ancient, though the windows partake of the perpendicular character; and the only remarkable feature it possesses is the rather curious stone which forms the lintel of the chancel doorway. There is a narrow arch, now built up in the east wall, which probably led in former days to a chapel now destroyed. The family of Hunne, or Hunn, were formerly of some importance here, and bore for arms, a lion ramp. guardant."
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