Robinson's Lane, Presbyterian Chapel

HER Number

16834

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Robinson's Lane, Presbyterian Chapel

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

Demolished Building

Description

Robinson’s Lane Chapel (Presbyterian) exact location unknown. 1739 -? Congregation split from Cornmarket Chapel. Called a Church of Scotland minister so this was first Presbyterian congregation in Sunderland.

Easting

440500

Northing

557300

Grid Reference

NZ440500557300

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Kirton, N. Places of Worship in Old Sunderland available online at www.sunderland-antiquarians.org/.