Gateshead, High Street, Wesleyan Meeting House

HER Number:
5646

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead, High Street, Wesleyan Meeting House

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Nonconformist Chapel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Wesleyans had a meeting house in High Street (behind where Woolworths now stands). The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1815 to accommodate 670 people, with gardens in front. Since its desertion it was used as a music hall and theatre. It was burnt out twice. On one occasion 14 lives were lost.

Easting:
25

Northing:
63

Grid Reference:
NZ2563

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5646 >> E. MacKenzie, 1827, A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and Country of Newcastle, Vol 1, p 755; D. Lumley, 1932, The Story of Gateshead Town, p 127-128