Westoe, Sunderland Road, Robert Readhead Park

HER Number:
5255

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Westoe, Sunderland Road, Robert Readhead Park

Place:
Westoe

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Park

Site Type: Specific:
Public Park

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
In May 1923 the park was opened on land given by Alderman Readhead in thanksgiving for peace. The park was opened on 18th May 1923 by Alderman Robert Readhead. In the south-west corner of the park there is a concrete memorial 3 feet high with a copper scroll-like plaque "COUNTY BOROUGH OF SOUTH SHIELDS ROBERT REDHEAD PARK. THIS PARK WAS PRESENTED BY ALDERMAN ROBERT REDHEAD J.P. TO THE TOWN COUNCIL OF SOUTH SHIELDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC PLEASURE GROUNDS BY DEED OF GIFT DATED 20TH APRIL 1923. OPENED TO THE PUBLIC ON THE 3RD MAY 1923 BY ROBERT READHEAD ESQ M.A. (OXON) (SON OF THE DONOR), EDWARD SMITH, MAYOR, JOHN LAWSON, CHAIRMAN OF PARKS AND CEMETERIES COMMITTEE". A condition of the gift was that unemployed ex-servicemen were given work on the adjoining roadworks. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
3730

Northing:
6548

Grid Reference:
NZ37306548

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5255 >> F. Green, 1995, A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, p 43; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H104.05; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/55/SS