Gateshead, Old Durham Road, St Edmund's Church

HER Number:
16521

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, Old Durham Road, St Edmund's Church

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Church

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The earliest reference to St. Edmund's Church is in 1315 but it was probably founded in the 13th century. In 1535 it owned 80 acres of land and a close at Shotley Bridge. Since it was not dependent on a religious house it survived the Dissolution and was refounded in 1611 as the Hospital of St James. In 1810 a new chapel (in 1865 to become St Edmund's Church) was built to the south of the old one along with 3 cottages. St. Edmund's Church was demolished in the 1960s and today the only evidence for its existence is a plaque in the wall of a house on the site.

Easting:
2590

Northing:
6235

Grid Reference:
NZ25906235

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
ARS Ltd., 2011, St. Edmund's Churchyard, Old Durham Road, Gateshead - Archaeological Watching Brief