Sunderland, High Street, Quaker Meeting House 1

HER Number:
63

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, High Street, Quaker Meeting House 1

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Nonconformist Meeting House

Site Type: Specific:
Friends Meeting House

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17-C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A Quaker Meeting House was established in Sunderland around the mid-17th century, probably by William Maude who had come from Wakefield to set up as a draper. The house lay on the north side of High Street, and survived until 1688 when it was destroyed in a riot, not being rebuilt until 1718. The Quakers finally left these premises in 1822 when they were sold to be rebuilt as shops. A burying place was opened to the rear, the north-east side, of the house.

Easting:
4010

Northing:
5725

Grid Reference:
NZ40105725

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 63 >> E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, View of Co. Durham, Vol. I, p. 293 Corder MSS, Corder, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland Library Local Studies, Miscellany nos. 30-31, pp. 101, 104 Quaker exhibition display boards ,Quakers 6, Sunderland Museum