Eskdale Terrace, Fisherman's Mission
Eskdale Terrace, Fisherman's Mission
HER Number
7102
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Eskdale Terrace, Fisherman's Mission
Place
Cullercoats
Map Sheet
NZ37SE
Class
Health and Welfare
Site Type: Broad
Mission Hall
Site Type: Specific
Seamens Mission
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
John Lisle obtained a building on Front Street to use as a Fisherman's Mission. It had a meeting hall upstairs. When he died in 1912 his son carried on his work. In 1931 a new Mission was built in Eskdale Terrace. Still in use today.
Easting
436300
Northing
571610
Grid Reference
NZ436300571610
Sources
R. Wright, 2002, The People's History - Cullercoats; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle & North Tyneside