Bedford Street, Theatre Royal

HER Number

13744

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Bedford Street, Theatre Royal

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Music Speech and Dance Venue

Site Type: Specific

Theatre

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map of 1896. A 2000 seat boxing stadium in operation from 1934-36.

Easting

439800

Northing

557210

Grid Reference

NZ439800557210

Sources

Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1898; Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 19