CORNISH STILES - COFFEN STILES
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![](photo.htm?src=pics/coffenchurch.jpg&height=450&width=629&alt=Coffen stiles were often built near churches, to make it easy for ladies with their long skirts to walk to church from the nearby country houses. Like this one at St Hilary these were usually well-built, often with a platform to rest the coffin while the bearers waited to enter the church. Hence the popular misconception that they were named "coffin stiles".)
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