Ancrum Street, Benson Memorial Church
Ancrum Street, Benson Memorial Church
HER Number
7879
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Ancrum Street, Benson Memorial Church
Place
Spital Tongues
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
United Methodist Free Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
In 1845 Messrs Nicholas Scott and John Benson opened a Sunday School in temporary premises. The Benson Memorial Church was opened in 1867 after the death of Mr Benson, who was a prominent citizen, grocer and tea dealer and founder of the Newcastle Stock Exchange. Methodists left in 1949.
Easting
423800
Northing
565470
Grid Reference
NZ423800565470
Sources
O. Taylor, 1993, Bygone Spital Tongues; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey; North of England Civic Trust, February 2009, Spital Tongues, Newcastle upon Tyne - Suggested Conservation Area Scoping Study, Draft Report, p 11