Sunderland, Queen Street East, possible medieval chapel

HER Number:
5461

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Queen Street East, possible medieval chapel

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Chapel

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Summers (1885) states that "anciently there was a religious house, chapel, or chantry dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Sunderland near the Sea, within the parish of Wearmouth". It is not known when or by whom this house was founded, but Summers gives a plan dated 1715 which shows the area now occupied by Queen Street East as "Chapel Hill". In 1535 the Valor Ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII records a "cantaria b'te marie virgin in Sunderland juxta mare" valued at £3-13s-4d.

Easting:
404

Northing:
572

Grid Reference:
NZ404572

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5461 >> Clive R. Hart & Elizabeth Okasha, 2003, Early Medieval Stone Bowls from Sunderland, Dalden and Durham Durham, Archaeological Journal, 17, 2003, pp 13-15 J.Caley & J. Hunter (eds), 1825, Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. VIII auctoriate regia institutus, Vol 5 J.W. Summers, 1858,The History and Antiquities of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, Vol 1