Church of St. Michael, effigies of knight
Church of St. Michael, effigies of knight
HER Number
12198
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Church of St. Michael, effigies of knight
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Effigy
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
In the church are two good effigies of knights, one of late C13 date and the other of c. 1300.
Easting
434180
Northing
549850
Grid Reference
NZ434180549850
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 99; C.H. Hunter Blair, 1929, Mediaeval Effigies in the County of Durham [read on 26th September, 1928], Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol. VI, pp 1-51