West End Football Club

HER Number

15793

District

Newcastle

Site Name

West End Football Club

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Football Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Formed by West End Junior Cricket Club, originally known as the Crown Cricket Club in 1882. Tenants of St. James Park.

Easting

424310

Northing

564610

Grid Reference

NZ424310564610

Sources

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