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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lych Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Charminster

Etymology

, v. lich-gate , cf. (via regia que vocatur ) Lychwey 1343,1345Ilch , Lychweyesforlang 1346Ilch , ' corpse way ' , v. līc , weg , furlang , no doubt the road to the cemetery , cf. Church ( St Mary 's ) supra .