Tynemouth
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tynemouth Priory Church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hadrianus1959, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 18 April 2016 by Hadrianus1959 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tynemouth_Priory_Church.jpg] [accessed 15 April 2024]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tynemouth Castle and Priory, an English Heritage site."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © A. Nolan, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 5 February 2011 by A. Nolan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tynemouth_Castle_and_Priory.jpg] [accessed 15 April 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16083TYN
Church/Chapel: Priory Church of St. Mary and St. Oswin, Tynemouth [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Oswin
Church Location: Pier Rd, Tynemouth, North Shields NE30 4BZ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Tyne and Wear, North East
Directions to Site: Located off the A193, 14-15 km E of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by Whitley Bay
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Church Notes: may have been founded 7thC; long history of destruction, re-founding and re-building on the site; suppresed 1539; Henry VIII destroyed the shrine of St Oswine, bringing the priory to an end
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
[NB: we have no information on the font of the Norman priory church now in ruins]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
55.0175,
-1.4189
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
55° 1′ 3″ N,
1° 25′ 8.04″ W
UTM: 30U 601092 6097882