East Rainton, herd's cottage

HER Number

15763

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Rainton, herd's cottage

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

House

Site Type: Specific

House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Cottage shown on OS second edition map. In the 1920s the Walker family lived here. Robert Hope said the name came from cattle drovers who herded their anmimals on the green overnight.

Easting

433630

Northing

548000

Grid Reference

NZ433630548000

Sources

Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1890; Robert Hope, no date, East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas