Chapel of St Mary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
This is the oldest church or chapel in Newcastle. It was probably built by the Grenville family. The Lords of Jesmond in the early in the 12th Century. The chapel is first mentioned in 1272 in an Assize Roll. It records how five clerics helped a criminal escape from Newcastle Gaol - first to Jesmond Chapel and then to sanctuary at Tynemouth.
