Newcastle, Close Gate, Meeting House

HER Number:
15803

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Close Gate, Meeting House

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Nonconformist Meeting House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Dr Richard Gilpin was the first minister at the New Meeting, Close Gate. In 1683 the congregation who used to meet in the house of William Durant (died in 1681) in Pilgrim Street joined that of Gilpin.

Easting:
2487

Northing:
6361

Grid Reference:
NZ24876361

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Unitarians at Ellison Place, Church Folder, p 13