Parish Notes Northumberland
Wallsend St Peter
[Population 1911: 10,746]
Parish Notes Northumberland
[Population 1911: 10,746]
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The church of St. Peter is a neat stone building, erected in 1809, at an expense of about £5,000: it has a tower, surmounted by a spire, and contains 3 bells: the interior of the church is plain but neat; there are galleries on three sides. The register dates from the year 1669. The living is a rectory, yearly value about £450, in the gift of the Dean and chapter of Durham, and held by the Rev.Richard Jenkins, M.A., of Trinity College, Oxford. [Kelly's Directory of Northumberland and Durham (1873), page 683.]
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EP 44/4 Burials 1798-1813
| Page | Name & Abode | Descent, Profession, Trade, &c. | Died | Buried | Age |
| - | - | Mariner | 25th July 1800 | 27th July 1800 | - |
EP 44/7 Burials 1813-1835 - Notes on endpapers:
In the years 1831, 1832 & 1833 a dreadful Disease called Asiatic Cholera visited this parish in common with many places in England & on the Continent. Many thousand human beings were swept off by it. Those taken of in this parish by it are marked in the Register of Burials for those years above named, Chol: (or C.M.).
John Armstrong
Pertl. Curate.
In the same year, viz. 1833, a School House was built on the north side of the Church yard, raised by voluntary subscription, to which the Dean & Chapter gave £25: the Diocesan Church building society £50: & the executors of the Bishop Barrington contributed £75. The Master & Mistress in the appointment of the Incumbent of Wallsend & who also has the sole superintendance subject of course to the Bishop & the official of the Chapter of Durham.
On the 18th day of June 1835, a dreadful Explosion of inflamable gas took place in the Colliery pit near the Church in this parish in which one hundred & one men and boys lost their lives. Four were got up alive after they had been in the mine 65 hours: one of these died soon after; the other three recovered. The sum of two thousand pounds was collected in the neighbouring Churches & from other sources for their widows & children.
John Armstrong
Pertl. Curate.
EP 44/25 Burials 1835-1858 - Note on endpapers at front of register:
N.B. The Churchyard was planted with trees and other shrubs at the expense of the Incumbent of the parish in the year 1834.
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