Lychgate
![The Lychgate from Junction Road The Lychgate](../images/dc0151.jpg)
The Lychgate from Junction Road
![The Lychgate. This burial party bring a victim of the Pretoria Pit Disaster which happened on 21st December 1910 The Lychgate](../images/dc0152.jpg)
From the churchyard, a burial party brings a victim from the Pretoria disaster.
![The Lychgate with the inscription 'The House of God and it is the Gate of Heaven' The Lychgate](../images/dc0153.jpg)
Solidly built of stone, there must be few such lychgates in the country. An inscription over the entrance reads, "The House of God and it is the Gate of Heaven." Inside the building a brass tablet records, "To the Glory of God for national mercies throughout successive generation, and in memory of Thomas Withnell, Vicar of Deane, A.D. 1767-1776. This Lychgate was erected by Ellen Low Ashton, A.D. 1903 H.S.P., Vicar."
![The efigy of King Edward VII King Edward VII](../images/dc0154.jpg)
At the entrance are carved heads of King Edward VII
![The efigy of Queen Alexandra Queen Alexandra](../images/dc0155.jpg)
and Queen Alexandra,
and on the archway facing the church those of Rev. H.S.Patterson
![The efigy of Rev. H.S.Patterson Rev. H.S.Patterson](../images/dc0156.jpg)
and Miss Ashton.
![The efigy of Miss Ashton Miss Ashton](../images/dc0157.jpg)
The lychgate was erected in such dimensions that it might shelter such mourners who do not use the church.
Miss Ashton was a decendant of Rev. Thomas Withnell,a previous vicar, who was buried at Wigan.
A lychgate of the usual kind replaced an older one in 1752 and was removed in 1799.