Stella, Roman Catholic School

HER Number

1697

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Stella, Roman Catholic School

Place

Stella

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

Church School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

In existence by the 1840s. It had a clock donated by a Mr Dunn in 1855. At a school inspection in 1849 there were 31 boys and 34 girls in attendance. It was replaced by a new building in 1974.

Easting

417150

Northing

563980

Grid Reference

NZ417150563980

Sources

<< HER 1697 >> T. Yellowley, 1986, Stella and Blaydon Burn