An early-19th century church, later used by the Salvation Army, until the 1950s. Now demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
An early-19th century church, later used by the Salvation Army, until the 1950s. Now demolished.
Site Name
Saville Street, Church of St. John
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
17648
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436070
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567910
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
The first Presbyterian church to be built in South Shields was at the head of Mile End Road and Long Bank in 1718. This was called the Low Meeting House. In 1778 there was a split in the congregation at the Low Meeting House following a dispute concerning who should be appointed minister. The 1827 Woods map shows a structure approximately in the above position labelled ‘Scotch Chapel Freehold’ which is probably this meeting house; the 1890s 10ft:1 mile town plan shows ‘Chapel Stairs’ immediately below this position.
The splinter group built a church in Heugh Street in 1789 and eventually became the Mile End Road Presbyterian Church (HER 17649).
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The first Presbyterian church to be built in South Shields was at the head of Mile End Road and Long Bank in 1718. This was called the Low Meeting House. In 1778 there was a split in the congregation at the Low Meeting House following a dispute concerning who should be appointed minister. The 1827 Woods map shows a structure approximately in the above position labelled ‘Scotch Chapel Freehold’ which is probably this meeting house; the 1890s 10ft:1 mile town plan shows ‘Chapel Stairs’ immediately below this position.
The splinter group built a church in Heugh Street in 1789 and eventually became the Mile End Road Presbyterian Church (HER 17649).
Site Name
Mile End Road, Low Meeting House
Site Type: Specific
Presbyterian Chapel
HER Number
17647
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; Wood, 1827, map of South Shields
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Education
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
17645
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435870
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564600
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
Shown on OS second edition of c1890.
Site Type: Broad
School
SITEDESC
Shown on OS second edition of c1890.
Site Name
Boldon Lane, Sunday School
Site Type: Specific
Sunday School
HER Number
17646
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
17646
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435860
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36SE
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
564620
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
A church built in Bellevue Terrace in 1879 at a cost of £2000, to seat 300. Last used in the 1950s, and now demolished.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A church built in Bellevue Terrace in 1879 at a cost of £2000, to seat 300. Last used in the 1950s, and now demolished.
Site Name
Boldon Lane, Congregational Church
Site Type: Specific
Congregational Chapel
HER Number
17645
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436210
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
567070
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
South Shields
Description
A church only shown on the 1st edition OS map,; built in 1824. In 1882 it became the Gospel Temperance Hall (surviving programmes for events here showed it functioned in this role until at least1916). Later it became the King’s Picture House, and Alexandra Theatre which closed in 1940, after which it was used as a warehouse until demolished in 1960.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A church only shown on the 1st edition OS map, built in 1824. In 1882 it became the Gospel Temperance Hall (surviving programmes for events here showed it functioned in this role until at least 1916). Later it became the King’s Picture House, and Alexandra Theatre which closed in 1940, after which it was used as a warehouse until demolished in 1960.
Site Name
Wallis Street, Congregational Church
Site Type: Specific
Congregational Chapel
HER Number
17644
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; http://www.southtynesideimages.org.uk
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Clare Henderson
DAY1
20
DAY2
04
District
S Tyneside
Easting
436107
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566151
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
The Society of Friends (Quakers) have met on several occasions in South Shields, but none of their meeting houses can be accurately located. There was a meeting in the house of Robert Linton from 1661 until 1696. In Whellans’ Directory for 1894 a meeting house in Frederick Street is mentioned, but is not shown on OS maps. Then in 1900 a house in Wellington Terrace (? NZ 36086784) to which a large new meeting room was added in 1907; it was sold in 1958.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
The Society of Friends (Quakers) have met on several occasions in South Shields, but none of their meeting houses can be accurately located. There was a meeting in the house of Robert Linton from 1661 until 1696. In Whellans’ Directory for 1894 a meeting house in Frederick Street is mentioned, but is not shown on OS maps. Then in 1900 a house in Wellington Terrace (? NZ 36086784) to which a large new meeting room was added in 1907; it was sold in 1958.
Site Name
Frederick Street, Friends Meeting House
Site Type: Specific
Friends Meeting House
HER Number
17643
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Shields; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham
YEAR1
2018
YEAR2
2020
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432810
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565310
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Jarrow
Description
Early 20th-century Salvation Army hall in use until the 1950s.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Early 20th-century Salvation Army hall in use until the 1950s.
Site Name
Grange Road, Salvation Army Hall
Site Type: Specific
Salvation Army Hall
HER Number
17642
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432930
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565620
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jarrow
Description
A late-19th century Salvation Army hall in use until the 1970s
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A late-19th century Salvation Army hall in use until the 1970s
Site Name
Chaytor Street, Salvation Army Hall
Site Type: Specific
Salvation Army Hall
HER Number
17641
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside; http://www.shieldsgazette.com/lifestyle/nostalgia/ragamuffin-horde-pelted-salvation-army-members-with-rubbish-and-potatoes-1-73
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432480
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
12
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565310
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Jarrow
Description
A brick chapel built in 1871 for £1700, to seat 400. Last used in the mid-20th century; the building was later labelled as ‘works’ on the Ordnance Survey map.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A brick chapel built in 1871 for £1700, to seat 400. Last used in the mid-20th century; the building was later labelled as ‘works’ on the Ordnance Survey map.
Site Name
Grange Road West, chapel
Site Type: Specific
Nonconformist Chapel
HER Number
17640
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2018
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
DAY1
20
DAY2
13
District
S Tyneside
Easting
432341
Grid ref figure
10
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
MONTH1
12
MONTH2
09
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
563901
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Monkton
Description
A United Methodist Free Church built in 1871 to seat 170, and sold in 1892 to the Primitive Methodists. Now Monkton Park Methodist Church.
This building was added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
A United Methodist Free Church built in 1871 to seat 170, and sold in 1892 to the Primitive Methodists. Now Monkton Park Methodist Church.
This building was added to the South Tyneside local list in 2023.
Site Name
Wood Terrace, Monkton Park Methodist Church
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
17639
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Peter Ryder, 2017, Nonconformist Chapels in South Tyneside;
https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/article/18506/Local-List-A-to-Z#WestoeChapel