Wallsend, Holy Cross Church, 'coffin path'

HER Number:
12111

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Wallsend, Holy Cross Church, 'coffin path'

Place:
Wallsend

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW NZ26SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Pedestrian Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Footpath

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Oral Evidence

Description:
This route left Wallsend village at Crow Bank, heading for Holy Cross Church on the other side of Wallsend Dene. A footpath still exists today. The layout of Hunters Court which faces Park Road respects the Coffin Path by curving its terraces along it and leaving a corner of long gardens.

Easting:
2997

Northing:
6666

Grid Reference:
NZ29976666

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Draft August 2006; William Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend