The Sunday School was built in 1849 over the top of the underground burial vaults (HER 16557). In 1869 an infant school was built west of the Sunday School. In 1893 the Sunday School became an institute and an upper floor an staircase were added. The chapel (and presumably the Sunday School) was out of use by 1933. The Sunday School was later used as a car repair and spray shop.

Named as the Direct Ferry Station on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan. The Tyne Direct Ferry Company was established in 1847 and operated a service between North Shields New Quay to Kirton's Quay west of Mile End Road in South Shields. This was the most easterly of all the Tyne ferries and had the shortest crossing of the three Shields ferries. The name Kirton's Quay appears on the Second Edition OS plan. When the fare was reduced to one halfpenny the ferry acquired the name of The Ha'penny Dodger. The Halfpenny Ferry Landing was also the home to the floating Seamen's Mission between 1866-1883 (HER 16554). The company operating the Market Place ferry sought to halt the new ferry and amalgagmation soon took place (in 1849) with the older company. The ferryboats were much smaller than the Market Place boats and like the Whitehill Point ferry the Direct Ferry was taken over by the TIC in 1863. It ceased running in August 1954.

The Mission to Seafarers in South Shields dates back to c.1818 when a local branch of the British and Foreign Sailors Society was established. In 1866 a floating Mission was established on the HMS Diamond anchored at the Halfpenny Ferry Landing. This included a chapel and a school for children on the upper deck and a reading room for sailros on the lower. After the timbers of the ship were declared unsound, land was obtained on part of the old bottle works site at Mill Dam in 1883 to build an onshore Mission Church (HER 16553).

The Mission to Seafarers in South Shields dates back to c.1818 when a local branch of the British and Foreign Sailors Society was established. Following the use of a floating Mission Church on the HMS Diamond (HER 16554) a new building was established on the site of the former bottle works at Mill Dam. On October 27th 1884, the foundation stone was laid by Dr Lightfoot, Bishop of Durham. The completed building opened May 25th 1885. The building consisted of two floors, the church being on the first floor and a reading room on the ground floor. An anonymous donor presented the Mission with a commodious steam launch in 1894. This enabled the Mission to extended its operations on the river. The launch always had the Flying Angel hoisted for all to see. In 1921 due to the increasing number of seafarers around Mill Dam the vacant German Sailors' Home was acquired as the new Mission (HER 11976).

The plans for this building, dated 1912, were drawn up by architect George Richardson Smith of South Shields. 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at the Drill Hall, Burt Terrace, Gateshead. F Company were based at the Drill Hall, Chopwell. The unit proceeded to France on the 17th of April 1915 landing at Boulogne to joined 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. They saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, on the Somme in 1916 and at Arras and Passchendaele in 1917. On the 12th of February 1918 the 9th DLI converted to a Pioneer Battalion and transferred to 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division. They returned to the Somme fighting at Bapaume in March and took part in the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.

A rifle range first appears on historic mapping before World War I but is not marked by the 1950′s. The range would probably have been in use during the First World War. An application made in the late 19th century for the use of the foreshore as a rifle range is lodged with the National Archives.

Felling Floor Cloth Works first shown on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, c.1898. Gone by the Third Edition plan c.1916.

Commissioned by Durham County Association Territorial Force. The plans for this building, dated 1912-1914, were drawn up by architect George Richardson Smith of South Shields. Extant but unlabelled on the 4th edition Ordnance Survey plan c.1938. Commissioned by Durham County Association Territorial Force. The plans for this building, dated 1912-1914, were drawn up by architect George Richardson Smith of South Shields. Extant but unlabelled on the 4th edition Ordnance Survey plan c.1938. 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at the Drill Hall, Burt Terrace, Gateshead. E Company were based at the Drill Hall, Felling. The unit proceeded to France on the 17th of April 1915 landing at Boulogne to joined 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. They saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, on the Somme in 1916 and at Arras and Passchendaele in 1917. On the 12th of February 1918 the 9th DLI converted to a Pioneer Battalion and transferred to 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division. They returned to the Somme fighting at Bapaume in March and took part in the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy.

Associated with the German Seamen's Mission 1908 (see HER 11976) and may have been contemporary. The records of the Church and Mission can be found at Tyne and Wear Archives.

Black House shown on the second edition ordnance survey, 1898. Still extant in 1921.