Front Street, RC Church of Our Lady and St. Oswin

In August 1871 a temporary chapel was opened in Tynemouth at the rear of the house occupied by Bishop Bewick of Hexham and Newcastle. By 1886 there were 150 Catholic people in the area. Father George Howe collected £300 in 1887 to build a new church and consequently the first stone of the present building was laid on 8 September 1889. The church opened on 1 June 1890. In 1941 the church and the presbytery were damaged by the explosion in the Castle ditch of a sea-mine intended for the harbour (Pickering, 2008, pages 11 and 12). The doors and windows of the church were blown out, the roof lost most of its slates and the roof timbers were damaged. The damage to the presbytery (49 and 50 Front Street) was irreparable, and so the parish priest moved into no. 4. The stained glass window in the Sanctuary was replaced because of this in 1946.