Hebburn, allotment gardens

HER Number:
11837

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, allotment gardens

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Land Use Site

Site Type: Specific:
Allotment

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
There were allotment gardens off the south-west corner of Hebburn Cemetery (HER 5234) in the late 1890s. They expanded around the north side and on the west side of Victoria Road West in the early 20th century. They expanded further in the early 1940s east of the cemetery, but those west of the cemetery were converted into a sports ground, tennis ground and bowling green. All of the other allotments were built over in the 1950s.

Easting:
3056

Northing:
6387

Grid Reference:
NZ30566387

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Simpson & Brown and South Tyneside Council, 2007, Hebburn Hall Conservation Area - First draft Character Appraisal; www.hebburn.org; www.norman.dunn247.com; www.999hebburn.co.uk