Sunderland, Maling's Rigg Presbyterian Chapel

HER Number:
4425

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Maling's Rigg Presbyterian Chapel

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Presbyterian Chapel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A room in Ropery Lane was hired in 1777 and shortly afterwards (perhaps in 1778) a chapel was built which was enlarged in circa 1796. The chapel became a Presbyterian Chapel and was later incorporated into a tobacco factory in the 19th century, but was partially destroyed by fire in 1843.

Easting:
406

Northing:
573

Grid Reference:
NZ406573

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4425 >> Mackenzie & Ross, 1834, Historical...View of the County Palatinate of Durham, p 295; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non Conformist Chapels in Sunderland