North Shields, Stephenson Street, Baptist Chapel/Central Hall

HER Number:
4573

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Stephenson Street, Baptist Chapel/Central Hall

Place:
North Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Baptist Chapel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18-C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Baptist Chapel in Stephenson's Street. Shown on Wood's map of 1827. Built as an assembly room. In use as a Baptist Chapel from 1799 to 1866, then became a Temperance Hall and, after alterations, Central Hall in 1888.

Easting:
3584

Northing:
6834

Grid Reference:
NZ35846834

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4573 >> J. Woods, 1826, Plan of the Towns of North Shields and Tynemouth; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside; Eric Hollerton, 1997, The Archive Photographs Series - North Shields