Trinity United Reformed Church

Trinity History

On 18^th  May 1894 a plot of land was purchased for the sum of £400 plus a further £37 for the provision of a main drain in the back lane and macadam in the Esplanade.  A North Shields architect Henry Gibson was approached to draw up the plans for a Church and hall to be built on the site.

Sir George Barclay Bruce laid the memorial stone for the hall on 31st July 1895.  His vision was to have a church in Whitley by the sea.  The hall was opened for public worship on the 8^th November 1895 at a cost of £1600.  This was the beginning of the Whitley Presbyterian Church, starting with 55 members and 21 adherents.

The foundation stone for the Church was laid by Mr. Thomas Alexander of South Shields on the 25^th April 1900 and was opened on the 25^th November 1900 by Mrs. Barclay.  In the 1930’s the membership reached it’s peak with some 900 members.

The Diamond Jubilee of the Church was celebrated with the renaming St. Cuthbert’s United Reformed Church.

On 1^st July 1975 the Church joined forces with the Park Avenue Congregational Church and was renamed finally Trinity United Reformed Church and became part of the group of the Coast Group of Churches.

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