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Parish Notes Northumberland

Newcastle St Matthew 'Big Lamp'

[Population 1911: 6,398]

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Church

Church: Newcastle St Matthew. Consecrated: 1869. Address: Summerhill Place. Accommodation: 700. Vicar: Rev. O. Churchyard, 1 Winchester Terrace. Curate: Rev. A.M. Parkes. Patron: Bishop and Crown alternately. [NEYB (1893) p.80]

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History

Gateshead Observer 29/1/1870 The iron church for the new parish of St. Matthew, Westgate, Newcastle, has arrived, and is in course of erection within the grounds of the Priory (Mr Houen's), the Grove. The church is expected to be opened about Easter.

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