North Weetslade chapel

North Weetslade chapel

HER Number
787
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
North Weetslade chapel
Place
Weetslade
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
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
Late 13th century references in the assize rolls to an action between the rector of Benton and the chaplain of North Weetslade provide just enough documentary evidence to show that there was a medieval chapel here. There was no incumbent "in the free chapel of Weetslade" in 1548, and in c. 1715 Warburton wrote, "Witchled...where formerly was an old chapel". The site is unknown.
Easting
426200
Northing
573700
Grid Reference
NZ426200573700
Sources
<< HER 787 >> J.C. Hodgson, 1916, Notices of Ruined Towers, Chapels etc. in Northumberland, circa 1715, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XIII, 5
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, North Weetslade Chapel, Northumberland County History, XIII, 405-06