Newcastle, Church of St. Nicholas, Anglo-Saxon slab

HER Number:
11620

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Church of St. Nicholas, Anglo-Saxon slab

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Carved Stone

General Period:
Early Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Cramp (1984, 251) cites a reference by Honeyman (1932, 99) to a possible Anglo-Saxon slab carved with a pattern "in imitation of sea waves" that was formerly found at the north door of St. Nicholas's church, Newcastle. Both Bourne (1736) and Brand (1789) mention this stone, but it has not been seen in modern times.

Easting:
2498

Northing:
6402

Grid Reference:
NZ24986402

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
R. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, County Durham and Northumberland, 1, Parts 1 and 2, p 251; H.L. Honeyman, 1932, The cathedral church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol IX, pp 96-193; H Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 58; J Brand, 1789, The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 236; C.P. graves and D. H. Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Eye of the North - An Archaeological Assessment, p 85