Church of St. Michael, churchyard
Church of St. Michael, churchyard
HER Number
              15943
          District
              Sunderland
          Site Name
              Church of St. Michael, churchyard
          Place
              Bishopwearmouth
          Class
              Religious Ritual and Funerary
          Site Type: Broad
              Cemetery
          Site Type: Specific
              Churchyard
          General Period
              POST MEDIEVAL
          Specific Period
              Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
          Description
              In 2007 the administrator of the Minster confirmed that there is documentation in the church records which state that when the churchyard became an area of open space circa 1956, the gravestones were moved and used to create a pathway and the graves were lifted and reinterred elsewhere. The whole churchyard was dug over and planted. Stray bones may have been left behind in this process.
          Easting
              439272
          Northing
              556979
          Grid Reference
              NZ439272556979
    Sources
              Telephone conversation 22 November 2007