Catalogue description Thompson Memorial Hall, Sunderland

This record is held by Tyne and Wear Archives

Details of C.SU35
Reference: C.SU35
Title: Thompson Memorial Hall, Sunderland
Date: 1905-1981
Related material:

For minutes of Manse Trustees 1937-1965 see MC/SU1/13
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Thompson Memorial Hall, 1898-1965, Sunderland

Monkwearmouth Methodist Church at Thompson Memorial Hall, 1966-1980, Sunderland
Physical description: 6 series
Immediate source of acquisition:

Nos. 13-16 deposited by the family of George Curry Thompson, a member of the congregation
Subjects:
  • Chinese True Jesus Church, Sunderland
  • Sunderland, Durham
  • Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Administrative / biographical background:

Thompson Memorial Hall was founded in 1898 and located in Dundas Street, Sunderland, named after the shipbuilder JL Thompson. Formerly Free Methodist, and from 1907 United Methodist. Until 1933 it was on Thompson Memorial Hall United Methodist Circuit, and then Sunderland North Circuit [MC/SU1]. From 1966 it was known as Monkwearmouth Methodist Church at Thompson Memorial Hall. The church closed in 1980 and the building became the Chinese True Jesus Church.
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