Postern Chapel

HER Number

15321

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Postern Chapel

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Congregational Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Congregational, then Presbyterian. Site now under east part of Central Station. In use from around 1797 to the early 19th century. Named after the White Friar's Postern (HER 1515).

Easting

424800

Northing

563800

Grid Reference

NZ424800563800

Sources

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