Holy Cross Church
Holy Cross Church
HER Number
105
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Holy Cross Church
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Church
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Description
Most of the building is probably mid 12th century in origin, with later additions and modifications. It was the parochial chapel of Wallsend in the parish of Jarrow, property of the prior and convent of Durham, as confirmed by Henry II. Except at the south-west corner, the walls stand only 3-5 courses high. Inside there remain the base of the font and 3 gravestones, all uncovered in 1909. The church ceased to be used at the end of the 18th century and fell into ruin, but was excavated and consolidated in 1909. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND LISTED GRADE 1.
Easting
430520
Northing
567210
Grid Reference
NZ430520567210
Sources
<< HER 105 >> Canon Fowler, ed. 1898, Durham Account Rolls, Surtees Society, 99, p. 63
Northumberland Records Office, C188 Wallsend Vestry Minute Book, EP 44/30
Northumberland Records Office, 1807, Act for taking down present church... EP 44/33
G.B. Richardson, 1842, Sketches Northumberland and Durham, ZAN M13/F13 -Northumberland Records Office
J.C. Hodgson, 1908, Epitaphs in Wallsend Old Churchyard, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, III, pp. 58-61
W.H. Knowles, 1910, The Church of the Holy Cross, Wallsend, Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, VI, pp. 191-203
W. Richardson,1910, Additional Inscriptions in Holy Cross Churchyard, Wallsend Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, VI, pp. 200-202
W. Richardson,1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, pp. 110-122, 509-516
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1903, Northumberland County History,- XIII, pp. 444-454
S. Oswald, 1884, The Church of the Holy Cross, Wallsend, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, I, pp. 21-24 and pl.
M.A. Richardson, 1842, The Local Historian's Table Book, Legendary Division I, pp. 395-6' Ryder, P. 2011, Historic Churches of County Durham, p127
Northumberland Records Office, C188 Wallsend Vestry Minute Book, EP 44/30
Northumberland Records Office, 1807, Act for taking down present church... EP 44/33
G.B. Richardson, 1842, Sketches Northumberland and Durham, ZAN M13/F13 -Northumberland Records Office
J.C. Hodgson, 1908, Epitaphs in Wallsend Old Churchyard, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, III, pp. 58-61
W.H. Knowles, 1910, The Church of the Holy Cross, Wallsend, Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, VI, pp. 191-203
W. Richardson,1910, Additional Inscriptions in Holy Cross Churchyard, Wallsend Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, VI, pp. 200-202
W. Richardson,1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend, pp. 110-122, 509-516
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1903, Northumberland County History,- XIII, pp. 444-454
S. Oswald, 1884, The Church of the Holy Cross, Wallsend, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, I, pp. 21-24 and pl.
M.A. Richardson, 1842, The Local Historian's Table Book, Legendary Division I, pp. 395-6' Ryder, P. 2011, Historic Churches of County Durham, p127