Tyne and Wear HER(15802): Bishopwearmouth, drill hall - Details
15802
Sunderland
Bishopwearmouth, drill hall
Bishopwearmouth
NZ35NE
Defence
Military Training Site
Drill Hall
Early Modern
C19
Demolished Building
In 1879 a drill hall was constructed on Livingstone Road for the training of local military divisions and beneath it a large bottle (discovered in 1926) was buried as a time capsule containing two Sunderland newspapers, coins and a list of officers from the Rifle Volunteer Corps. The drill hall was later occupied by branches of the Durham Light Infantry and the Territorial Army.
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5711
NZ39265711
http://www.macq.org.uk/the-history/garrison-field/; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2018. Minster Quarter, Sunderland: Negative Watching Brief Report