Whitburn Bents, Fishermen's Club
Whitburn Bents, Fishermen's Club
HER Number
12462
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whitburn Bents, Fishermen's Club
Place
Whitburn
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Club
Site Type: Specific
Working Mens Club
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Whitburn Bents was created as a fishermen's hamlet. A Fishermen's Club still occupies a small dene to the north. It has been damaged by fire.
Easting
440790
Northing
561240
Grid Reference
NZ440790561240
Sources
Sunderland City Council, 2007, Whitburn Bents Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy; T. Corfe, 1973, A History of Sunderland; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914; G.E. Miller and S.T. Milburn, 1988, Sunderland, River, Town & People; P. O'Brien and P. Gibson, 1997, The Archive Photographs Series: Seaburn and Roker; N. Pevsner, 1983, The Buildings of England: County Durham (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson); S. Reeder, 1992, Whitburn and Roker in old picture postcards