English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4421
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440620
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Recreational Usage
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557150
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
Gray Memorial Gardens. Parish churchyard from 1719 to 1854. Accommodates over 100,000 burials, including the gravestaone of Jack Crawford and the tomb of Reverend Robert Gray, Sunderland's beloved rector from 1819 to 1838.
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
SITEDESC
Parish churchyard from 1719 to 1854. accommodates over 100,000 burials, including the gravestone of Jack Crawford and the tomb of Reverend Robert Gray, Sunderland's rector from 1819 to 1838. Now called the Gray Memorial Gardens. During restoration of the Donnison School an intact inhumation was found by the builders under the floor. This appears to have been an exceptional burial as no further remains were found on the school site (or the site might have been partly cleared before the school was built in 1764 within the churchyard). Unfortunately the skeleton was not recorded by archaeologists, it was dealt with by Sunderland Coroner's Office. In February 2007 during reconstruction of a revetment wall between the churchyard and the Donnison School, a quantity of disarticulated human bones were disturbed (4 skull fragments, 2 clavicle fragments, 23 Os Coxae, 6 scapula fragments, 9 Illium fragments, 5 Ischium, 1 patella, 1 pubis, 6 acetabulum, 5 vertebrae, 38 rib fragments, 3 humerus, 2 radius, 1 ulna, 6 femur, 10 fibia, 3 fibula, various hand and feet bones. The bones were lifted by archaeologists from Tyne and Wear Museums under a Home Office Licence. Two of the humeri had no septal aperture present (i.e. probably females). One tibia displayed periostitis (inflammation of the periostieum, which forms as a result of infection or disease). On various bones there were cut marks, probably caused by a spade from an earlier excavation. One tibia was burnt on proximal and distal ends. One of the skulls had green staining on the left and middle aspect of the frontal bone. A copper alloy shroud pin was found in the mud that encased the skull.
Site Name
Church of Holy Trinity, churchyard
Site Type: Specific
Churchyard
HER Number
17304
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/40364; Terry Frain, Tyne and Wear Museums, October 2007, Former Donnison School, Church Walk, Bishopwearmouth - Archaeological Watching Brief; J. de Jong Strickland and T. Frain, 2007, Human Remains Report
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440530
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557510
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
The building is thought to date to between 1725 and 1774. It has been an inn since 1792. It was owned by Thomas W Maughan and William Davison Carr. Its name in 1827 was the Mason’s Arms. It was renamed Boar’s Head in 1834.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
The building is thought to date to between 1725 and 1774. It has been an inn since 1792. It was owned by Thomas W Maughan and William Davison Carr. Its name in 1827 was the Mason’s Arms. It was renamed Boar’s Head in 1834.
Site Name
134 High Street East, Boar's Head
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
17303
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440530
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557510
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane). In between two properties, No. 134 (Boar's Head) and No. 133 (now gone). No sign of the alley survives.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane). In between two properties, No. 134 (Boar's Head) and No. 133 (now gone). No sign of the alley survives.
Site Name
High Street East, Youll's Passage
Site Type: Specific
Alley
HER Number
17302
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557460
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane. In between two properties, No. 144 (Molly's newsagents) and No. 145 (now gone). There is a street name on the side of No. 144.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
This was a typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside (like the surviving Bull Lane). In between two properties, No. 144 (Molly's newsagents) and No. 145 (now gone). There is a street name on the side of No. 144.
Site Name
High Street East, Neils Passage
Site Type: Specific
Alley
HER Number
17301
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557470
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
Said to be Sunderland's oldest pub dating back to 1724. It has traded as The Butchers Arms, The Board, The Hare and Hounds, The Cropt Fox and The Crown Inn. The cellar contains a capped smugglers tunnel.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Said to be Sunderland's oldest pub dating back to 1724. It has traded as The Butchers Arms, The Board, The Hare and Hounds, The Cropt Fox and The Crown Inn. The cellar contains a capped smugglers tunnel.
Site Name
143 High Street East, The Clarendon
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
17300
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/40426
YEAR1
2015
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
440500
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
557470
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sunderland
Description
Bull Lane. A typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside. In between two properties, The Clarendon (No. 143) and No. 144 (Molly's newsagents).
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Typical 18th century alleyway leading to Low Street and the Quayside. In between two properties, The Clarendon (No. 143) and No. 144 (Molly's newsagents).
Site Name
High Street East, Bull Lane
Site Type: Specific
Alley
HER Number
17299
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/40355
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436230
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
571270
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Cullercoats
Description
John Falconar Slater (1857-1937). A leading member of the Cullercoats Artists Colony, he lived in this house for the last 12 years of his life. Known as the 'weatherproof artist' for his practice of painting outdoors in all conditions, and an outstanding British Impressionist painter.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
John Falconar Slater (1857-1937). A leading member of the Cullercoats Artists Colony, he lived in this house for the last 12 years of his life. Known as the 'weatherproof artist' for his practice of painting outdoors in all conditions, and an outstanding British Impressionist painter. He painted landscapes, the coast, animals, flowers and street scenes. He was born at Rye Hill, Newcastle. He was a book keeper at his fathers corn mill before running a store in the diamond fields of South Africa before returning to Tyneside to become a full time professional artist. Slater exhibited in London, Scotland and other provinces as well as the Laing Art Gallery. Not only did Slater paint but he also wrote about art, in both the press and his own publication. He was known to have exhibited at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery and at the Royal Academy. 'Stormy Sea at Cullercoats' is in the North Tyneside Council art collection.
Site Name
19 St. Oswin's Avenue
Site Type: Specific
House
HER Number
17298
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/11802; http://www.johnnicholsonfineart.co.uk/department/john-slater-john-falconer-slater-landscape-coastal-marine-portrait-animal-flower-street-scene-painter-oil-watercolour/; http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/north-tyneside-mayor-unveils-plaque-4410296
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Monument <By Form>
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
31
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436170
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568950
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Tudor 1485 to 1603
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Site of the Governor's Tree where important visitors to Tynemouth were met as they disembarked in Pow Burn. These included King Henry VIII's commissioners when they came to dispossess the monks of Tynemouth Priory in 1539 and King Charles I in 1633.
Site Type: Broad
Feature
SITEDESC
Site of the Governor's Tree where important visitors to Tynemouth were met as they disembarked in Pow Burn. These included King Henry VIII's commissioners when they came to dispossess the monks of Tynemouth Priory in 1539 and King Charles I in 1633. A replacement tree has been planted in a semi-circular recess in the sandstone wall. The tree marks the boundary between North Shields and Tynemouth.
Site Name
Tynemouth Road, Governor's Tree
Site Type: Specific
Natural Feature
HER Number
17297
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/12116; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2659478/Can-tell-whats-wrong-Council-needs-history-lesson-installing-blue-plaque-commemorating-Charles-Is-visit-one-glaring-error.html
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
4500
DAY1
31
District
N Tyneside
Easting
436310
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Building
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
568980
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Tynemouth
Description
Public house and hotel since 1799. Meals for prisoners in the neighbouring House of Correction (HER 4560) were prepared in the cellar kitchens of the hotel and carried through an underground tunnel.
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
SITEDESC
Public house and hotel since 1799. Meals for prisoners in the neighbouring House of Correction (HER 4560) were prepared in the cellar kitchens of the hotel and carried through an underground tunnel. Three storeys, brick, sandstone ashlar front elevation. Four windows on each of the upper floors. On ground floor a door on the left hand side. The pub frontage has brown faience tiles and a triangular pediment over the central doorway.
Site Name
Tynemouth Road, Tynemouth Lodge Hotel
Site Type: Specific
Public House
HER Number
17296
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
http://openplaques.org/plaques/11813
YEAR1
2015
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Claire MacRae
DAY1
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
441020
Grid ref figure
8
LANDUSE
Built Over
Map Sheet
NZ45SW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554070
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Sunderland
Description
Farm shown on the 1841 Tithe Plan. Not to be confused with Ryhope Grange farm which was situated on the other side of Ryhope Road further to the north. Farm increased in size by late 19th century. Demolished and site used as playing fields by 1972.
Site Type: Broad
Farm
SITEDESC
Farm shown on the 1841 Tithe Plan. Not to be confused with Ryhope Grange farm which was situated on the other side of Ryhope Road further to the north. Farm increased in size by late 19th century. Demolished and site used as playing fields by 1972.
Site Name
The Grange Farm, Ryhope Road
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
HER Number
17295
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Ryhope Road, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment
YEAR1
2015