Primitive Methodist Chapel 1

HER Number

11569

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Primitive Methodist Chapel 1

Place

Walbottle

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Primitive Methodist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

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.

Easting

416990

Northing

566180

Grid Reference

NZ416990566180

Sources

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