Gateshead, Borough Gardens, sports ground

HER Number

15713

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gateshead, Borough Gardens, sports ground

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Sports Ground

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

428000

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ428000565000

Sources

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