Probable prehistoric features were recorded during an evaluation in 2016 and subsequent excavations in 2018-19. These remains dated predominantly to the Iron Age with a radiocarbon date of c. 696 - 397 cal BC as well as spelt wheat grains identified in linear gullies and hammerscale identified in a ring gully.
Evidence of residual Mesolithic and Neolithic activity was also identified with a lithic end scraper identified in a posthole and an early Neolithic broken blade and part of a Neolithic or Bronze Age fabricator tool recovered from an Iron Age ring-gully.
Site Type: Broad
Archaeological Feature
SITEDESC
Probable prehistoriProbable prehistoric features were recorded during an evaluation in 2016 and subsequent excavations in 2018-19. These remains dated predominantly to the Iron Age with a radiocarbon date of c. 696 - 397 cal BC as well as spelt wheat grains identified in linear gullies and hammerscale identified in a ring gully.
Evidence of residual Mesolithic and Neolithic activity was also identified with a lithic end scraper identified in a posthole and an early Neolithic broken blade and part of a Neolithic or Bronze Age fabricator tool recovered from an Iron Age ring-gully.
Site Name
Chapelgarth, prehistoric remains
Site Type: Specific
Site
HER Number
17754
Form of Evidence
Physical Evidence
Sources
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, Land at Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear: archaeological desk based assessment; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2016, Land at Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear: geophysical survey; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2016, Land at Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear: archaeological evaluation; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2018, Land at Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear: archaeological excavation; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019, Land at Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear: post-excavation assessment; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019, Land at Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear: archaeological works
YEAR1
2019
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
20
DAY2
13
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435546
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565614
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
Templetown Wesleyan Chapel is recorded as having been built in 1826 and closing in 1882. A 1904 photograph shows it in use by Newton & Nicholson (J.S. Nicholson Sole Proprietor) Tyne Dock Corrugated Metallic Packing Works. Single storey with rectangular windows. A corrugated packing works is shown on the OS third edition of 1919.
This building was added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023. The additional local list description reads:
'Built ca. 1826, used until 1880s and then converted for industrial use. Currently a dance school. Parishioners used to be made up of employees from the chemical works nearby. Much anecdotal evidence to suggest the chemical works supported the chapel, as the workers used to go there instead of going out drinking. This made them 'better workers' despite the workers dying and being poisoned by their work in the chemical works.'
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Templetown Wesleyan Chapel is recorded as having been built in 1826 and closing in 1882. A 1904 photograph shows it in use by Newton & Nicholson (J.S. Nicholson Sole Proprietor) Tyne Dock Corrugated Metallic Packing Works. Single storey with rectangular windows. A corrugated packing works is shown on the OS third edition of 1919.
This building was added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023. The additional local list description reads:
'Built ca. 1826, used until 1880s and then converted for industrial use. Currently a dance school. Parishioners used to be made up of employees from the chemical works nearby. Much anecdotal evidence to suggest the chemical works supported the chapel, as the workers used to go there instead of going out drinking. This made them 'better workers' despite the workers dying and being poisoned by their work in the chemical works.'
Site Name
Temple Town, Wesleyan Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
17662
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/places-of-worship/625639;
https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/18506/Local-List-A-to-Z#TempleTown
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
YEAR2
2024
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566760
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890. Replaced by South Tyneside House (Municipal Offices) in the 1960s.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890. Replaced by South Tyneside House (Municipal Offices) in the 1960s.
Site Name
Westoe Road, grammar school
Site Type: Specific
Grammar School
HER Number
17661
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
13597
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436630
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566790
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890. Now a youth club. Two storeys, brick with round-arched windows and door in round-arched opening.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890. Now a youth club. Two storeys, brick with round-arched windows and door in round-arched opening.
Site Name
Romilly Street, Baptist Sunday School
Site Type: Specific
Sunday School
HER Number
17660
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436290
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566120
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1890.
Site Name
Laygate Lane, Baptist Sunday School
Site Type: Specific
Sunday School
HER Number
17659
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436290
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566130
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
The former Baptist Tabernacle in Laygate Lane was built in 1871 at a cost of £2000; it was in brick, in the ‘Italian; style, and seated 750. Last used in the 1950s, it has been demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The former Baptist Tabernacle in Laygate Lane was built in 1871 at a cost of £2000; it was in brick, in the ‘Italian; style, and seated 750. Last used in the 1950s, it has been demolished.
Site Name
Laygate Lane, Baptist Tabernacle
Site Type: Specific
Baptist Chapel
HER Number
17658
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436780
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
The 1890s OS 10ft :1 mile town plan shows a Baptist Free Church on the south side of Ocean Road, which seated 450. The 1915 3rd edition 25”:1 mile map shows it to have become a picture house. It has been demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The 1890s OS 10ft :1 mile town plan shows a Baptist Free Church on the south side of Ocean Road, which seated 450. The 1915 3rd edition 25”:1 mile map shows it to have become a picture house. It has been demolished.
Site Name
Ocean Road, Baptist Free Church
Site Type: Specific
Baptist Chapel
HER Number
17657
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436260
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567280
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
An early 19th-century Baptist Chapel on Salem Street (later Queen Street). In 1861 it was rebuilt as a United Methodist Church.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
An early 19th-century Baptist Chapel on Salem Street (later Queen Street). In 1861 it was rebuilt as a United Methodist Church.
Site Name
Salem Street, Baptist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Baptist Chapel
HER Number
17656
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436240
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567090
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
A Baptist Chapel shown on Wood’s 1827 plan and the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of the 1850s.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A Baptist Chapel shown on Wood’s 1827 plan and the 1st edition Ordnance Survey of the 1850s.
Site Name
Barrington Street, Baptist Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Baptist Chapel
HER Number
17655
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; http://www.southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/architecture/places-of-worship/626014
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436170
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567140
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
A church only shown on the 1st edition OS map, now demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A church only shown on the 1st edition OS map, now demolished.
Site Name
East Street, United Presbyterian Church
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
17654
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside