Monkwearmouth, Bonnersfield, Bromarsh Cinema

HER Number:
13549

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Bonnersfield, Bromarsh Cinema

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Theatre

Site Type: Specific:
Cinema

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
The Monkwearmouth Picture Hall was opened on the 14th May 1906 in Bonnersfield Monkwearmouth. The building had been St Stephen's Chapel and then it housed a waxworks exhibition. The Monkwearmouth Picture Hall was renamed the Bridge Cinema in 1916 and renamed three years later as the Bromarsh when it was taken over by the Marshall Brothers. The cinema was bombed on the 24th May 1943. The site was destroyed by bombs in WWII and has since been built on.

Easting:
3966

Northing:
5755

Grid Reference:
NZ39665755

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Anderson, A. (1995) A century of Sunderland Cinemas, Sunderland: Black Cat Publications