Northfield is found 7 miles South of Birmingham city center, UK, and is a suburb of the city on the A38 main road South to Bristol. The village was mentioned in the Domesday book as Nordfeld. Please leave your comments underneath. Comeback soon & enjoy visit here.
Northfield Lych Gate
Northfield Church Lych Gate. From a postcard dated 1916. 'Lych' is the Saxon word for corpse. Before the use of coffins when people was buried in a shroud a ceremony was carried out under these gates.
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