Walbottle, Primitive Methodist Chapel 1

HER Number:
11569

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Walbottle, Primitive Methodist Chapel 1

Place:
Walbottle

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Methodist Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Primitive Methodist Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
1699

Northing:
6618

Grid Reference:
NZ16996618

Lats/Lons:

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