Church of St. Michael, churchyard

Church of St. Michael, churchyard

HER Number
15943
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