Tyne and Wear HER(11569): Primitive Methodist Chapel 1 - Details
11569
Newcastle
Primitive Methodist Chapel 1
Walbottle
NZ16NE
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Place of Worship
Primitive Methodist Chapel
POST MEDIEVAL
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Demolished Building
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition of 1858. The building was used as a school for a time. George Stephenson is reputed to have been taught to read and write at night classes here by local schoolmaster Robin Cowens. Out of use 1881.
416990
566180
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Ordnance Survey First Edition, 1858; Newcastle City Council, 2009, Walbottle Village Conservation Area Character Statement & Management Plan, page 8; Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and N Tyneside