East Rainton, Primary School

HER Number:
15720

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, Primary School

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
School

Site Type: Specific:
Elementary School

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
In 1930 plans were passed for a new school west of the original one (HER 15719). This was completed in 1933. The mine shaft was filled with rubble before the toilet block was built on top of it. Mr Tilley was headmaster until 1948. He was followed by Mr N Suggett.

Easting:
3338

Northing:
4775

Grid Reference:
NZ33384775

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript); Ordnance Survey Third Edition Map 1919; Robert Hope, 1980s, East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p558