Old Durham Road, St Edmund's Churchyard

HER Number

16522

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Old Durham Road, St Edmund's Churchyard

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery

Site Type: Specific

Churchyard

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Description

Graveyard to former St. Edmund's Church (HER 16522). Last version of the church was built in 1811 but there has been a religious building on the site since the medieval period. The age/extent of the original churchyard is unknown.

Easting

425930

Northing

562310

Grid Reference

NZ425930562310

Sources

ARS Ltd., 2011, St. Edmund's Churchyard, Old Durham Road, Gateshead - Archaeological Watching Brief