East Rainton, miners welfare hall

HER Number

15734

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Rainton, miners welfare hall

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Meeting Hall

Site Type: Specific

Trades Union Hall

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Opened in 1926. Had a sprung dance floor. Closed in 1934 when Hazard Pit closed. Reopened as a village hall and was used by the Cricket and Football Clubs, Women's Institute and British Legion. The Women's Institute started in East Rainton in 1948. Demolished 1990. Site now occupied by Highfield Hotel.

Easting

433320

Northing

547840

Grid Reference

NZ433320547840

Sources

East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript); Robert Hope, no date, Recollections of Life in the Village of East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas