Wrekenton, The Camp Ground

HER Number:
13591

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Wrekenton, The Camp Ground

Place:
Wrekenton

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Base

Site Type: Specific:
Military Camp

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
An area of rough ground marked 'The Camp Ground' on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile plan of 1862 which extends to either side of the parish boundary (the Wrekendyke Roman road). An old quarry is shown in the south-west corner. The second edition (1890) shows 'site of huts'. The third (1919) and fourth (1939) editions show the ground as hachured suggesting the earthwork remnants of old quarries. The name Camp Ground is popularly believed to derive from the use of the area as an encampment for the South Lincoln and East Yorkshire Militias during the early 1780s.

Easting:
2788

Northing:
5901

Grid Reference:
NZ27885901

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
A Short History of Wrekenton and Springwell TWAS L/PA/235; Ordnance Survey first edition 25" - 1 mile plan, c.1862, Durham VII.9; Entec, July 2009, Heritage Appraisial - Campground