East Rainton, shop later post office
East Rainton, shop later post office
HER Number
15766
District
Sunderland
Site Name
East Rainton, shop later post office
Place
East Rainton
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Shop
Site Type: Specific
Shop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Walker's shop in the 1920s, later the village post office. Building shown on OS second edition map.
Easting
3352
Northing
4782
Grid Reference
NZ33524782
Sources
East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript); 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