South Shields, Ocean Road, Baptist Free Church

HER Number:
17657

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Ocean Road, Baptist Free Church

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

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:
The 1890s OS 10ft :1 mile town plan shows a Baptist Free Church on the south side of Ocean Road, which seated 450. The 1915 3rd edition 25”:1 mile map shows it to have become a picture house. It has been demolished.

Easting:
3678

Northing:
6740

Grid Reference:
NZ36786740

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside