Editing Lychgate (section)

===Dates of surviving lychgates===
[[File:Lych gate, St George's church Beckenham.jpg|upright|thumb|Lych gate, [[St George's Church, Beckenham|St George's church, Beckenham]], [[South London]], said to be the oldest in England<ref name="brewer" />]]
Most were built from around the mid-15th century although some date from earlier, including the 13th-century lychgate of St George's churchyard in Beckenham, South London, claimed to be the oldest in England.<ref name="brewer">''Brewer's Britain and Ireland'', compiled by John Ayto and Ian Crofton, [[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]], 2005, {{ISBN|0-304-35385-X}}</ref> After World War I a number of lychgates were built as war memorials, for example that of [[Sandridge Lychgate|Sandridge]], Hertfordshire. Sandridge lychgate is a [[Grade II listed building]] as is that of St Cuthbert's, [[Allendale, Northumberland|Allendale]], Northumberland.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1393517 |desc=St Cuthbert's|accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref> However, many of these memorial lychgates, such as that of St Peter's, [[Felkirk]], Yorkshire, are not listed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Felkirk |url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/157608 |website=War Memorials Online}}</ref> Several new examples were built to mark the new [[millennium]], such as that at [[Lenton, Lincolnshire]].