Gateshead, Borough Gardens
Gateshead, Borough Gardens
HER Number
16966
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, Borough Gardens
Place
Gateshead
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
Opened in 1868 but moved to Friar's Goose in 1872 due to railway construction.
Grid Reference
Sources
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 114