Ryton cross
Ryton cross
HER Number
316
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Ryton cross
Place
Ryton
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cross
Site Type: Specific
Village Cross
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
There is supposed to have been a cross, perhaps originally a market cross, on Ryton village green before the erection of a new one in 1795. The later stone cross seems to have been replaced by a modern pillar and cross in 1951. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
415190
Northing
564700
Grid Reference
NZ415190564700
Sources
<< HER 316 >> Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, ISS, 1978, Cross (1795 A.D.)
N. Pevsner, rev. E. Williamson, 1983, Co. Durham, Buildings of England, p. 394
N. Pevsner, rev. E. Williamson, 1983, Co. Durham, Buildings of England, p. 394