Bishopwearmouth, drill hall

HER Number:
15802

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, drill hall

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Training Site

Site Type: Specific:
Drill Hall

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
In 1879 a drill hall was constructed on Livingstone Road for the training of local military divisions and beneath it a large bottle (discovered in 1926) was buried as a time capsule containing two Sunderland newspapers, coins and a list of officers from the Rifle Volunteer Corps. The drill hall was later occupied by branches of the Durham Light Infantry and the Territorial Army.

Easting:
3926

Northing:
5711

Grid Reference:
NZ39265711

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
http://www.macq.org.uk/the-history/garrison-field/; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2018. Minster Quarter, Sunderland: Negative Watching Brief Report