Rainton Bridge, fishponds (Joe's Pond)

HER Number

6850

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Rainton Bridge, fishponds (Joe's Pond)

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad

Pond

Site Type: Specific

Fishpond

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Two large fishponds shown on Ordnance Survey second edition next to Nicholson's pit (HER 3201) - presumably the water-filled former coal workings. The largest pond had a boat house. Came to be known as Joe's Pond. Now a nature reserve. Protected as a SSSI.

Easting

432840

Northing

548640

Grid Reference

NZ432840548640

Sources

<< HER 6850 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; East Rainton Women's Institute, ?1940s, History of East Rainton (typescript)