# Old Crosses and Lychgates Author: Vallance, Aymer, 1862-1943 Genre: Category: History - British Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56059 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Old+Crosses+and+Lychgates+Vallance&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The genesis of this book was an article on "Churchyard Crosses," written by request for the _Burlington Magazine_, and published therein in September 1918. It was at a time when the hearts of the British people were being stirred to their innermost depths, for the European War was yet raging, and the question of the most suitable form of memorials of our heroic dead, sacrificed day by day, was continually present to us. Nor, though hostilities happily ceased when the Armistice was agreed upon within a few weeks thereafter, has the subject of commemorating the fallen on that account declined in interest and importance. Nay, its claims are, if anything, more insistent than ever, for, the vi... ## Chapters - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/old-crosses-and-lychgates-56059/chapters/11/index.md)