Harton Oratory
Harton Oratory
HER Number
19120
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Harton Oratory
Place
Harton
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Private Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Private Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Harton Oratory is shown on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map as a building set within in small enclosure northwest of the junction of Sunderland Road and Moor Lane, in the southeast corner of what would become the churchyard (HER19123).
South Tyneside History has a photograph of the building and states that 'Reverend William Coward, Curate of Westoe Chapel secured the building of a small chapel or oratory, which was opened on 6th November 1836. He conducted services in the parish of Harton until his death in 1853.'
South Tyneside History has a photograph of the building and states that 'Reverend William Coward, Curate of Westoe Chapel secured the building of a small chapel or oratory, which was opened on 6th November 1836. He conducted services in the parish of Harton until his death in 1853.'
Easting
437603
Northing
564948
Grid Reference
NZ437603564948
Sources
Ordnance Survey First Edition map; https://southtynesidehistory.co.uk/archive/photographs/architecture/places-of-worship/625281-harton-oratory