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Holy Cross Church, Wallsend, is a parish church of medieval foundation located in the town of Wallsend in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland. The church occupies a site of considerable antiquity within the settlement, which developed near the eastern terminus of Hadrian's Wall. The surviving structure dates substantially from the medieval period, though the site may have had earlier ecclesiastical significance. The church and its associated graveyard form an important record of continuous religious observance and burial practice extending from the medieval period through the early modern era.
Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018643. View the official record →
Holy Cross Church, Wallsend, is a parish church of medieval foundation located in the town of Wallsend in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018643.
Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018643.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wardley moated site (5.4 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower (5.9 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Holy Cross Church and graveyard, Wallsend stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.