Washington, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, coffin lid

HER Number:
12208

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, coffin lid

Place:
Washington

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coffin

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Surtees refers to two medieval monuments which had once lain in the churchyard but had 'long since perished'. The first was a ridged coffin lid sculptured with a sword and a cross and the inscription "Hic jacet Jacobus Sanderson'.

Easting:
310

Northing:
566

Grid Reference:
NZ310566

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 118; H.C. Surtees, 1820, History of Durham, Vol. II, p.43 (reprinted 1972)