DONNA ETHERINGTON wrote: > was it definitely Dobson/New Bridge Street, as I actually work in > a church on Northumberland Road and it is now (for university > purposes) called Trinity Building??? I dont know anything about > the church itself as I have tried to find info about it on the > web, but I havent found anything. > > I have a picture of two of the church if you would like to see it Donna/Neil As I wrote in my previous response, Trinity Chapel on New Bridge Street ceased being a church in 1896. From what I can gather, the majority of the building was demolished before WW1, though the rear seems to have been incorporated into later buildings. The building you are in, Trinity Building, was indeed Trinity Chapel (Trinity Presbyterian Church) from 1896 to 1970. There's a pic at http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_image.asp?digital_doc_id=5924 Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer
Hi Brian yes, that is definitely my lovely place of work Donna ________________________________ From: Brian Pears <bp@bpears.org.uk> To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 15 January, 2010 14:43:35 Subject: Re: [NMB] Trinity Presbyterian Church, Newcastle DONNA ETHERINGTON wrote: > was it definitely Dobson/New Bridge Street, as I actually work in > a church on Northumberland Road and it is now (for university > purposes) called Trinity Building??? I dont know anything about > the church itself as I have tried to find info about it on the > web, but I havent found anything. > > I have a picture of two of the church if you would like to see it Donna/Neil As I wrote in my previous response, Trinity Chapel on New Bridge Street ceased being a church in 1896. From what I can gather, the majority of the building was demolished before WW1, though the rear seems to have been incorporated into later buildings. The building you are in, Trinity Building, was indeed Trinity Chapel (Trinity Presbyterian Church) from 1896 to 1970. There's a pic at http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_image.asp?digital_doc_id=5924 Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message