Byermoor, RC Church of the Sacred Heart, war memorial

HER Number

16394

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Byermoor, RC Church of the Sacred Heart, war memorial

Place

Byermoor

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Calvary

Site Type: Specific

Calvary

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Calvary on two deep steps faced with stone. An inscription on the top step reads "TO OUR BELOVED DEAD. THIS CROSS WAS MADE AND ERECTED FIGURE FROM ITALIAN TYROL BY THE PEOPLE OF BYERMOOR PARISH. BLESSED MARCH 25TH 1932 BY I AUSTIN PICKERING PR. STONE BASE AND SURROUNDINGS ADDED IN 1952. R.I.P.'

Easting

418680

Northing

557480

Grid Reference

NZ418680557480

Sources

Sheila McGahon, Sunniside Local History Society, no date, A History of Byermoor Church, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/byermoor.html