Sunderland, Hartley Street, Prospect Row Mission

HER Number:
15923

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Hartley Street, Prospect Row Mission

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Mission Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
A children's mission since 1885. This was the first public building to have outward opening doors following the Victoria Hall Disaster of 1883 when 183 children were crushed to death. Tyne and Wear Archives has the mission recorded as Presbyterian. It holds baptism records from 1907 to 1964 and communicants rolls from 1904 to 1966. The building is known as the Bethesda Chapel. The last use of the building was an amateur boxing club and community centre.

Easting:
4064

Northing:
5729

Grid Reference:
NZ40645729

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Blue plaque on building