Washington, Church of Holy Trinity, churchyard
Washington, Church of Holy Trinity, churchyard
HER Number
9694
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Washington, Church of Holy Trinity, churchyard
Place
Washington
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery
Site Type: Specific
Churchyard
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
The round medieval and post medieval churchyard is worth noting - the only one in Tyne and Wear? It has been suggested that this knoll may have been a holy hill or 'tor' or that it originated as a late prehistoric enclosure. Today the extended and irregular shaped churchyard has mature trees. Some very old gravestones survive. The adjacent cemetery was laid out in the 1960s.
Easting
431060
Northing
556580
Grid Reference
NZ431060556580
Sources
Sunderland City Council, 2009, Washington Village Conservation Area - Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; C. Bennett, 1960s, Washington Local History; Albert L. Hind, 1976, History and Folklore of Old Washington; Audrey Fletcher, 1999-2007, History of Washington webpages www.geocities.com/washingtonlass/HolyTrinityChurch.html