Bishopwearmouth rectory

HER Number:
418

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth rectory

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Clerical Dwelling

Site Type: Specific:
Vicarage

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The rectory was sited at the north end of Bishopwearmouth, on the north side of High Street West, in extensive gardens. Antiquarian drawings support the view that the early rectory was extensively rebuilt in the late 17th century or later, after it had suffered war damage in 1642. It was finally demolished in 1856.

Easting:
392

Northing:
570

Grid Reference:
NZ392570

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 418 >> Grimm, C188, Bishopwearmouth - British Museum, Grimm drawings J. Robinson, 1905, Bishopwearmouth Tithe Barn, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, I (for 1903-04), 96-99 J.W. Corder, 1939, Bishop Wearmouth village in 1790, Antiquities of Sunderland, XIX (for 1929-32), 45-6 N. Pevsner, rev. E. Williamson, 1983, Buildings of England, County Durham,459