East Rainton, cottages

HER Number

15765

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Rainton, cottages

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Terrace

Site Type: Specific

Terrace

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Row of 6 cottages shown on OS second edition map in the middle of the village green. In the 1920s occupants included the Browell, Langley and Ramshaw families. The southernmost cottage was Young's hardware shop.

Easting

433640

Northing

547950

Grid Reference

NZ433640547950

Sources

Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1890; Robert Hope, no date, East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas