Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland St, Primitive Methodist Chapel

HER Number:
15957

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland St, Primitive Methodist Chapel

Place:
Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Primitive Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened in September 1855. By 1859 the Primitive Methodists moved to Robinson Street.

Easting:
3423

Northing:
5007

Grid Reference:
NZ34235007

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Lanagan, 2012, Houghton Methodist Churches, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk; Paul Lanagan, 2013, Houghton's first Methodists founders of a proud tradition, article in Seaham and Houghton Star, Wednesday 24 July 2013; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Whellan, 1862, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham p626