Church of Holy Trinity, churchyard

HER Number

17304

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Church of Holy Trinity, churchyard

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Churchyard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Gray Memorial Gardens. Parish churchyard from 1719 to 1854. Accommodates over 100,000 burials, including the gravestaone of Jack Crawford and the tomb of Reverend Robert Gray, Sunderland's beloved rector from 1819 to 1838.

Easting

440620

Northing

557150

Grid Reference

NZ440620557150

Sources

http://openplaques.org/plaques/40364; Terry Frain, Tyne and Wear Museums, October 2007, Former Donnison School, Church Walk, Bishopwearmouth - Archaeological Watching Brief; J. de Jong Strickland and T. Frain, 2007, Human Remains Report