Monkwearmouth, Hallgarth Square, Baptist Chapel

HER Number:
17020

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Monkwearmouth, Hallgarth Square, Baptist Chapel

Place:
Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Baptist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Hallgarth Square, Baptist Chapel. 1846-? (although a Baptist group had met nearby since 1767); in 1850 a breakaway group from Whitburn Street Wesleyan Methodist Church met here). ‘A small plain brick building’ according to Whellan. Kelly 1902 mentions a Wesleyan Chapel at Hallgarth Square could this be the same building?

Easting:
40178

Northing:
57711

Grid Reference:
NZ4017857711

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Whellan, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; Kelly's Trade Directory 1902