Collingwood Street, grave covers

Collingwood Street, grave covers

HER Number
6521
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Collingwood Street, grave covers
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Grave Marker
Site Type: Specific
Grave Slab
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
Two medieval grave covers were found while a property in Collingwood Street was being pulled down in 1899. One was 20 inches long, 9 inches wide at the top and 8" wide at the bottom. A relief of a floreated cross, with the stem of a sword and buckler on one side, and a square on the other. The other was a gable cross, 18 inches across the arms, with a lamb in high relief in the centre. A letter from Messrs. Oliver and Leeson says that one is a grave cross of the late 13th century and one is an east gable cross of Early English work. Could these be from the early church of St. Nicholas?
Easting
424800
Northing
563900
Grid Reference
NZ424800563900
Sources
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (2) VIII (1899), p 98