Easington Lane, Bethel Chapel

HER Number:
16336

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Easington Lane, Bethel Chapel

Place:
Easington Lane

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Nonconformist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Bethal Chapel, belonged to the Independents. It is recorded by Whellan in 1856 as being a small structure erected in 1832 and enlarged in 1842. Closed c.1960.

Easting:
3623

Northing:
4607

Grid Reference:
NZ36234607

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p125;