Killingworth Racecourse at Scaffold Hill
Killingworth Racecourse at Scaffold Hill
HER Number
7761
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Killingworth Racecourse at Scaffold Hill
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Recreational
Site Type: Broad
Racing Sports Site
Site Type: Specific
Racecourse
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The place-name Scaffold Hill is derived from the stands used for spectators at Newcastle races, which were held on Killingworth Moor in the 17th and 18th centuries. The first record of racing there is from 1632 when the Newcastle Corporation paid £20 for 'two silver potts' to be raced for on Killingworth Moor. Racing continued there until the end of the 18th century.
Easting
430420
Northing
569820
Grid Reference
NZ430420569820
Sources
Enclosure Awards, 1793, Killingworth Moor, Northumberland Records Office, QRA 35.
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Killingworth Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 418, 421.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1917, Newcastle Races, 3, VII (for 1915-16), 245-47; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 11
M.H. Dodds, 1930, Killingworth Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 418, 421.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1917, Newcastle Races, 3, VII (for 1915-16), 245-47; Pearson, Lynn, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 11