Mowbray Park, bowling club

HER Number

16927

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Mowbray Park, bowling club

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Ball Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Bowling Club

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Parks bowling club. Formed in 1896. The park had opened in 1857.

Easting

439880

Northing

556480

Grid Reference

NZ439880556480

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, pp 74-75