Sunderland, High Street, meeting house

HER Number:
16763

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, High Street, meeting house

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Nonconformist Meeting House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17?

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
High Street, ‘New Meeting House’ (Society of Friends) 1688-1822 (rebuilt 1718), congregation to Upper Nile Street. ‘with windows high up in the walls to stop unwanted visitors and missiles being thrown through whilst the congregation were at worship’ (Kirtlan 33 who gives old print). Exact location unknown.

Easting:
405

Northing:
575

Grid Reference:
NZ405575

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland