Newcastle, Silver Street, Methodist Church

HER Number:
14678

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, Silver Street, Methodist Church

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Independent Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Independent Methodist Church built 1745 on site of a malt loft used for dissenters' worship since 1684. From 1826 until 1838 the building was a Primitive Methodist Church - the first in Newcastle. The congregation moved to Nelson Street in 1838.

Easting:
2527

Northing:
6406

Grid Reference:
NZ25276406

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey