Groat Market, Presbyterian Meeting House

HER Number

14659

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Groat Market, Presbyterian Meeting House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Presbyterian Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Stood between Groat Market and Pudding Chare (had entrances to both). Founded between 1708 and 1715. Closed around 1854. The building was said to have still been there in 1946.

Easting

424800

Northing

564000

Grid Reference

NZ424800564000

Sources

Peter F Ryder, 2012, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Newcastle and North Tyneside, a survey