Hebburn, allotment gardens

HER Number

11837

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, allotment gardens

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Allotment

Site Type: Specific

Allotment

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

There were allotment gardens off the south-west corner of Hebburn Cemetery (HER 5234) in the late 1890s. They expanded around the north side and on the west side of Victoria Road West in the early 20th century. They expanded further in the early 1940s east of the cemetery, but those west of the cemetery were converted into a sports ground, tennis ground and bowling green. All of the other allotments were built over in the 1950s.

Easting

430560

Northing

563870

Grid Reference

NZ430560563870

Sources

Simpson & Brown and South Tyneside Council, 2007, Hebburn Hall Conservation Area - First draft Character Appraisal; www.hebburn.org; www.norman.dunn247.com; www.999hebburn.co.uk