East Rainton, Fleming Field

HER Number:
15731

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, Fleming Field

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Located on the Rainton side of Rainton Bridge. Gypsies used to camp here. They taught the women in East Rainton how to knit and crochet for a few pennies per lesson. They also taught how to make wooden clothes pegs, how to play the violin.

Easting:
338

Northing:
484

Grid Reference:
NZ338484

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript);