Hetton-le-Hole, Pemberton Street, Town Hall, clock

HER Number:
11269

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hetton-le-Hole, Pemberton Street, Town Hall, clock

Place:
Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Measurement

Site Type: Broad:
Time Measuring Instrument

Site Type: Specific:
Clock

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A two-faced clock with Roman numerals on a green face, hanging from a balcony from an iron bracket. There is a board below which reads: "TOWNSHIP OF HETTON-LE-HOLE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THIS CLOCK IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN SAILORS AND SOLDIERS IN THE ABOVE WAR AUGUST 1922". The former council building is now a shop.

Easting:
353

Northing:
475

Grid Reference:
NZ353475

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H125.02