Shibdon Road, St. John's Wesleyan Church
Shibdon Road, St. John's Wesleyan Church
HER Number
6018
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Shibdon Road, St. John's Wesleyan Church
Place
Blaydon
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Blaydon Wesleyan Methodist Church opened in 1893, to seat 400 people. Cost £2600. The church was built in the Early English style. The society was part of Gateshead Wesleyan Methodist Circuit until 1875 when it was split into two and the society joined the new Bensham Road Wesleyan Methodist Circuit. In the mid 1930s the society became part of Gateshead West Methodist Circuit.
In 1937 the church was renmaed St. John's. In 1944 the Methodist societies at St. John's, Albert Street (Primitive Methodist) and Lucy Street amalgamated. The chapel at Lucy Street continued as a chapel, whilst St. John's became a Sunday School and church hall.
In 1967 St. John's church burnt down and a youth club was built in its place. This too has been demolished.
In 1937 the church was renmaed St. John's. In 1944 the Methodist societies at St. John's, Albert Street (Primitive Methodist) and Lucy Street amalgamated. The chapel at Lucy Street continued as a chapel, whilst St. John's became a Sunday School and church hall.
In 1967 St. John's church burnt down and a youth club was built in its place. This too has been demolished.
Easting
418640
Northing
563200
Grid Reference
NZ418640563200
Sources
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Susan Lynn, 7 April 2017, St. John's Wesleyan Methodist Church, Blaydon, County Durham https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/county-durham/blaydon_st_johns_wesleyan_methodist_church; Tyne and Wear Archives, church records 1887-1954; The History of Blaydon (TWAS)