Westoe, Chapel of St. Lawrence

HER Number:
11814

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Westoe, Chapel of St. Lawrence

Place:
Westoe

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Chapel

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The remains of a 1347 chapel were standing until 1750. Now the site of Chapel House.

Easting:
3721

Northing:
6602

Grid Reference:
NZ37216602

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East Civic Trust & South Tyneside Council, 2002, Westoe Conservation Area Character Appraisal; South Tyneside Council, 2006, Westoe Conservation Area Management Plan, Draft SPD 10; A. Flagg, date unknown, 'Westoe Village', unpublished text held by South Shields Local Studies Library; G. Hodgson, 1924, History of South Shields; N. Pevsner, 1953, The Buildings of England: County Durham; GB Hodgson, 1903, Borough of South Shields, pp 54-5; Miss A Flagg, no date, Chapel House, Westoe Village; National Monuments Record Monument No. 26470