Church of St. Nicholas, effigy
Church of St. Nicholas, effigy
HER Number
13536
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Church of St. Nicholas, effigy
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
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 effigy of the wife of George Carr, mayor nine times between 1484 and 1502. has survived from their lost canopied tomb. No tomb effigies or brasses remain in-situ although Henry Bourne lists several medieval burgesses who were buried at St. Nicholas Church.
Easting
424900
Northing
564000
Grid Reference
NZ424900564000
Sources
Anthony Goodman, 2009, The Church and Religion in Newcastle 1080-1540 in Diana Newton and AJ Pollard (eds), 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead before 1700, page 74;