Whitburn Parish Church, effigy

HER Number:
12211

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn Parish Church, effigy

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
Effigy

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A recumbent effigy by William Smith of Michael Matthew of Cleadon who died in 1689. There is a skull placed between the feet and contemporary-costumed weepers.

Easting:
4054

Northing:
6167

Grid Reference:
NZ40546167

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; N. Pevsner revised by E. Williamson, 1996, The Buildings of England: County Durham, p. 503; H.C. Surtees, 1840, History of Durham, Vol. 4, p.51 (reprinted 1972); Tyne and Wear Museums, Draft South Tyneside Coastal Survey: Its Archaeological & Historical Record, p 54; J. Hutchinson, not dated, The Story of the Parish Church, Whitburn