Westgate Road, Grapes Running Ground

HER Number

15711

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Westgate Road, Grapes Running Ground

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Racing Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Athletics Track

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Purpose-built enclosed sports ground, run on a commercial basis with payment at the gate and a small grandstand. No trace survives.

Easting

424000

Northing

564100

Grid Reference

NZ424000564100

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 15