Holy Cross Church, effigy of a deacon

HER Number

12203

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Holy Cross Church, effigy of a deacon

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Commemorative

Site Type: Broad

Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific

Effigy

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

The most important medieval sepulchral monument at this church is a Frosterley Marble effigy of a deacon, which is located in the chancel. Boyle (1892) dates it to the late C13.

Easting

415090

Northing

564830

Grid Reference

NZ415090564830

Sources

Peter F. Ryder, 1985, The Medieval Cross Slab Grave Cover in County Durham, Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Research Report No. 1, p 110; J.R. Boyle, 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham, p. 606; C.H. Hunter Blair, 1929, Mediaeval Effigies in the County of Durham [read on 26th September, 1928], Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol. VI, pp 1-51