In a message dated 27/01/2004 13:45:26 GMT Standard Time, johnkl@propertysolutions.fsnet.co.uk writes: > Does anyone know of the Church and its history? Would the marriages and > burials have been recorded elsewhere or have gone unrecorded? > The Calvanistic Presbyterian congregation of Sunderland built their first chapel on Half-Moon Lane, an entry near the old Corn Market in the east-end of the town in 1711. This lane was at the West end of the Exchange Building, opposite Spring Garden Lane. Durham Record Office have the Baptism records for Corn Market Congregational Chapel 1717-1837. these are also available on fiche from the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society, http://www.ndfhs.fsnet.co.uk/FicheCat/BapsDur.html There don't appear to be any other records. See also http://www.original-indexes.demon.co.uk/intros/DUR-040.htm Regards Stan Mapstone