Wallsend, Holy Cross Church, 'coffin path'
Wallsend, Holy Cross Church, 'coffin path'
HER Number
12111
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Wallsend, Holy Cross Church, 'coffin path'
Place
Wallsend
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Pedestrian Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Footpath
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Post Medieval 1540 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Oral Evidence
Description
This route left Wallsend village at Crow Bank, heading for Holy Cross Church on the other side of Wallsend Dene. A footpath still exists today. The layout of Hunters Court which faces Park Road respects the Coffin Path by curving its terraces along it and leaving a corner of long gardens.
Easting
429970
Northing
566660
Grid Reference
NZ429970566660
Sources
North Tyneside Council, 2006, The Green Conservation Area Character Appraisal, Draft August 2006; William Richardson, 1923, History of the Parish of Wallsend