St. Cuthbert's chapel of ease

HER Number

16561

District

Sunderland

Site Name

St. Cuthbert's chapel of ease

Place

West Herrington

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Chapel of Ease

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Whellan's 1856 directory describes West Herrington as having a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Cuthbert. The building was constructed in the gothic style in 1840 and contained 200 sittings. The chapel was attended in 1856 by Rev. George Snowden. A paraochial school was attached to the chapel with Miss Ellen Armstrong the teacher in 1856.

Easting

434850

Northing

553070

Grid Reference

NZ434850553070

Sources

Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1865