Catalogue description Sacred Heart RC Church Byermoor

This record is held by Tyne and Wear Archives

Details of C.WH1
Reference: C.WH1
Title: Sacred Heart RC Church Byermoor
Date: 1869 - 1994
Held by: Tyne and Wear Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Byermoor
Physical description: 4 series + 7 files
Immediate source of acquisition:

Accession 3070
Subjects:
  • Byermoor, County Durham
  • Byermoor, Tyne and Wear
  • Byermoor, Gateshead
  • Religion
Administrative / biographical background:

The Byermoor mission was established in 1869 largely due to the influx of people into the area seeking work in the Durham coalfields. It was initially known as Burnopfield but in 1876 the new church and graveyard were built a mile away at Byermoor. A school was built, attached to the Church in 1883.
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