Bishopwearmouth, drill hall

HER Number

15802

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bishopwearmouth, drill hall

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Training Site

Site Type: Specific

Drill Hall

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

In 1879 a drill hall was constructed on Livingstone Road for the training of local military divisions and beneath it a large bottle (discovered in 1926) was buried as a time capsule containing two Sunderland newspapers, coins and a list of officers from the Rifle Volunteer Corps. The drill hall was later occupied by branches of the Durham Light Infantry and the Territorial Army.

Easting

439260

Northing

557110

Grid Reference

NZ439260557110

Sources

http://www.macq.org.uk/the-history/garrison-field/; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2018. Minster Quarter, Sunderland: Negative Watching Brief Report; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2021 Gillbridge Police Station, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Archaeological desk-based assessment, report 5466;