Victoria Gardens, sports ground

HER Number

15712

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Victoria Gardens, sports ground

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Sports Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Purpose-built enclosed sports ground, run on a commercial basis with payment at the gate and a small grandstand. No trace survives.

Easting

440000

Northing

557000

Grid Reference

NZ440000557000

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 15