Newcastle, Collingwood Street, grave covers

HER Number:
6521

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Collingwood Street, grave covers

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Grave Slab

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C13

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Two medieval grave covers were found while a property in Collingwood Street was being pulled down in 1899. One was 20 inches long, 9 inches wide at the top and 8" wide at the bottom. A relief of a floreated cross, with the stem of a sword and buckler on one side, and a square on the other. The other was a gable cross, 18 inches across the arms, with a lamb in high relief in the centre. A letter from Messrs. Oliver and Leeson says that one is a grave cross of the late 13th century and one is an east gable cross of Early English work. Could these be from the early church of St. Nicholas?

Easting:
248

Northing:
639

Grid Reference:
NZ248639

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (2) VIII (1899), p 98