Percy Main, Percy Park Rugby Football Club

HER Number:
15789

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Percy Main, Percy Park Rugby Football Club

Place:
Percy Main

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific:
Rugby Football Ground

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
One of the earliest rugby clubs to form in Tyne and Wear. Formed in 1872 at Percy Main Cricket Club's grounds. Cricket was the first game to adopt and develop its own private grounds and so it was at cricket grounds that many rugby and football clubs formed. Groundsharing was common. The Northumberland Rugby Union was formed in 1880.

Easting:
3388

Northing:
6724

Grid Reference:
NZ33886724

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 16