Spital Tongues, Ancrum Street, Benson Memorial Church

HER Number:
7879

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Spital Tongues, Ancrum Street, Benson Memorial Church

Place:
Spital Tongues

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
United Methodist Free Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
In 1845 Messrs Nicholas Scott and John Benson opened a Sunday School in temporary premises. The Benson Memorial Church was opened in 1867 after the death of Mr Benson, who was a prominent citizen, grocer and tea dealer and founder of the Newcastle Stock Exchange. Methodists left in 1949.

Easting:
2380

Northing:
6547

Grid Reference:
NZ23806547

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
O. Taylor, 1993, Bygone Spital Tongues; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 11