Southwick, Church Bank, Church of Holy Trinity churchyard

HER Number:
17807

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Southwick, Church Bank, Church of Holy Trinity churchyard

Place:
Southwick

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Funerary Site

Site Type: Specific:
Cemetery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
This is the churchyard of the parish Church of Holy Trinity, and is shown on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map of 1870-95 as a small enclosure around the church. On the OS 1:2500 map of 1896-97, the graveyard has been extended to the west, and a rectory built to the north (HER 17349). The graveyard now has a road built in the 1960s, Northern Way, running N-S through it. The eastern part remains associated with the church, whilst the western part has been used for recreation but is now scrub.

Easting:
3815

Northing:
5855

Grid Reference:
NZ38155855

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