Today's word is "Trinity" and today is, indeed, Trinity Sunday in the Western Christian tradition. The image is of St Mary The Virgin church, in Bexley, Kent. This current church has been a place of Christian worship for at least 800 years, and undoubtedly replaced an earlier church which is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Here we see the lych-gate - in medieval times this was used as a shelter for the dead, pending their funeral (which may not have been for a day or so). It provided shelter from the rain for the deceased and those standing watch.
@sarahlth Thanks, Sarah. @nicolecampbell Thank you, Nicole. This is actually the oldest building left standing in the Village. There are lots of others but mainly these date from the 16th Century on. @fbailey Thanks! @onewing Babs, thank you. Glad you liked it.
@jackie8 Jackie - I think it is, although it's ironic that married couples are pictured under the (literal translation) "corpse-gate". When I was looking this up. I hadn't realised that there are a few modern words that also trace their roots back to "lych", which itself is reflected in some current Scandinavian languages. There - the power of Wikipaedia. And blue skies - it was a lovely day, the skies were definitely blue. Maybe not quite as saturated as this image (ahem!) but definitely on the way!
Ooh thanks for pointing me towards this one - lovely. I know they have a slightly bizarre history considering how pretty they look, but I still enjoy them very much :)
April 30th, 2019
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@nicolecampbell Thank you, Nicole. This is actually the oldest building left standing in the Village. There are lots of others but mainly these date from the 16th Century on.
@fbailey Thanks!
@onewing Babs, thank you. Glad you liked it.