Tyne and Wear HER(284): Church Street, Church of St. Mary - Details
284
Gateshead
Church Street, Church of St. Mary
Gateshead
NZ26SE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Parish Church
MEDIEVAL
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Extant Building
The church is of Norman origin - the evidence includes the hoodmould of the south door of the nave decorated by the nutmeg motif. There are signs of many later additions, alterations and replacements, particularly in the 12th, 14th and 15th centuries. Later restoration work occurred in 1740, c. 1773, 1838-9, 1854 & 1874-5. LISTED GRADE 1
425430
563680
NZ425430563680
<< HER 284 >> W. Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, II, 466-9
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, 118-25
W.H. Knowles & J.R. Boyle, 1890, Vestiges of old Newcastle and Gateshead, pp. 137-49
W.H. Wood, 1909, Ancient Grave Cross,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, III (for 1907-08), 318-19
C.H.H. Blair, 1931, Armorials in the Parish Church of St. Mary, Gateshead, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, IV (for 1929-30), pp. 209-11
M.H. Dodds,ed. 1951, Extracts from the Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Mary's Parish Church, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, XI, 101-14, 186-8, 205-16, 224-8, 295-7, 336-43, 368-74
E.M. Smith, 1964, The Parish Church of Gateshead, St. Mary the Virgin, pp. 1-47
N. Pevsner, revised E. Williamson, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham pp. 282-3
D. Passmore, 198?, Trial Trenches at St. Mary's Church, Gateshead: Excavation Report
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