Gateshead, Borough Gardens, sports ground

HER Number:
15713

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gateshead, Borough Gardens, sports ground

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW NZ26SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Recreation Ground

Site Type: Specific:
Sports Ground

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Purpose-built enclosed sports ground, run on a commercial basis with payment at the gate and a small grandstand. No trace survives.

Easting:
28

Northing:
65

Grid Reference:
NZ2865

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 15