Society Lane, Meeting House

HER Number

17018

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Society Lane, Meeting House

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Nonconformist Meeting House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Society Lane (later Drury Lane), Methodist Meeting House. Circa 1750-1759. The congregation came from Ettrick’s Garth then moved on to Numbers Garth when Society Lane closed. The exact location of the meeting house is not known.

Easting

440044

Northing

557785

Grid Reference

NZ440044557785

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland