Heworth chapel

HER Number:
511

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth chapel

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Chapel

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
On 8 Feb. 1588 John Aubrey conveyed to Ralph Taylboys of Thornton esq. a close of 3 acres in Heworth called Katherine Close, given by Katherine Fawcett for the celebration of mass within the chapelry of Heworth. The chapelry comprised the township of Heworth, and was part of the parish of Jarrow. The chapel itself was taken down in 1821 and replaced, probably on the same site.

Easting:
287

Northing:
619

Grid Reference:
NZ287619

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 511 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 83 and n. W. Fordyce, (date unknown) History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 748-9 Archaeologia Aeliana, 1859, Chantry and Forfeited Lands in Yorkshire and Durham, 2, III, 21 J.R. Boyle, 1892, The County of Durham, 577