Gateshead, Friar's Goose, running track
Gateshead, Friar's Goose, running track
HER Number
16967
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Gateshead, Friar's Goose, running track
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 1872. There was still a running track in Gateshead in the 1880s. It had closed by 1935.
Easting
427509
Northing
563185
Grid Reference
NZ427509563185
Sources
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 114