Primitive Methodist Chapel

HER Number

16334

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Primitive Methodist Chapel

Place

Easington Lane

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Primitive Methodist Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Primitive Methodist Chapel rebuilt and enlarged in 1853 at a cost of £400. Rebuilt again 1870 and 1981. The current Methodist Chapel contains a war memorial that was once located in the original chapel.

Easting

436150

Northing

546120

Grid Reference

NZ436150546120

Sources

Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham, p621; www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/2918; http://www.newmp.org.uk; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p125