Washington, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, coffin lid
Washington, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, coffin lid
HER Number
12208
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Washington, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, coffin lid
Place
Washington
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Coffin
Site Type: Specific
Coffin
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Surtees refers to two medieval monuments which had once lain in the churchyard but had 'long since perished'. The first was a ridged coffin lid sculptured with a sword and a cross and the inscription "Hic jacet Jacobus Sanderson'.
Easting
431000
Northing
556600
Grid Reference
NZ431000556600
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 118; H.C. Surtees, 1820, History of Durham, Vol. II, p.43 (reprinted 1972)