Ryton, Holy Cross Church, effigy of a deacon

HER Number:
12203

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton, Holy Cross Church, effigy of a deacon

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
Effigy

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
The most important medieval sepulchral monument at this church is a Frosterley Marble effigy of a deacon, which is located in the chancel. Boyle (1892) dates it to the late C13.

Easting:
1509

Northing:
6483

Grid Reference:
NZ15096483

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter F. Ryder, 1985, The Medieval Cross Slab Grave Cover in County Durham, Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Research Report No. 1, p 110; J.R. Boyle, 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham, p. 606; C.H. Hunter Blair, 1929, Mediaeval Effigies in the County of Durham [read on 26th September, 1928], Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol. VI, pp 1-51