East Rainton, miners welfare hall

HER Number:
15734

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, miners welfare hall

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Recreation Hall

Site Type: Specific:
Meeting Hall

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Opened in 1926. Had a sprung dance floor. Closed in 1934 when Hazard Pit closed. Reopened as a village hall and was used by the Cricket and Football Clubs, Women's Institute and British Legion. The Women's Institute started in East Rainton in 1948. Demolished 1990. Site now occupied by Highfield Hotel.

Easting:
3332

Northing:
4784

Grid Reference:
NZ33324784

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript); Robert Hope, no date, Recollections of Life in the Village of East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas