Rainton Bridge Farm
Rainton Bridge Farm
HER Number
15721
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Rainton Bridge Farm
Place
East Rainton
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Site Type: Broad
Farm
Site Type: Specific
Farmstead
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Rainton Bridge Farm has been farmed by the Bailey family for generations. The building containing the village communal oven became the boiler house at the farm. It once had racing stables. Only working farm in East Rainton.
Easting
433680
Northing
547910
Grid Reference
NZ433680547910
Sources
East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript); Ordnance Survey First Edition Map 1858; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p566; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2009, Rainton Bridge Farm, East Rainton, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment