Queen Street East, possible medieval chapel
Queen Street East, possible medieval chapel
HER Number
5461
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Queen Street East, possible medieval chapel
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Chapel
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Summers (1885) states that "anciently there was a religious house, chapel, or chantry dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Sunderland near the Sea, within the parish of Wearmouth". It is not known when or by whom this house was founded, but Summers gives a plan dated 1715 which shows the area now occupied by Queen Street East as "Chapel Hill". In 1535 the Valor Ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII records a "cantaria b'te marie virgin in Sunderland juxta mare" valued at £3-13s-4d.
Easting
440400
Northing
557200
Grid Reference
NZ440400557200
Sources
<< HER 5461 >> Clive R. Hart & Elizabeth Okasha, 2003, Early Medieval Stone Bowls from Sunderland, Dalden and Durham Durham, Archaeological Journal, 17, 2003, pp 13-15
J.Caley & J. Hunter (eds), 1825, Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. VIII auctoriate regia institutus, Vol 5
J.W. Summers, 1858,The History and Antiquities of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, Vol 1
J.Caley & J. Hunter (eds), 1825, Valor Ecclesiasticus temp. Hen. VIII auctoriate regia institutus, Vol 5
J.W. Summers, 1858,The History and Antiquities of Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth, Vol 1