Hendon, Blue House cricket ground

HER Number:
16924

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hendon, Blue House cricket ground

Place:
Hendon

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific:
Cricket Ground

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Circa 1888 to 1960s. The home of Hendon Cricket Club. Now the site of the Raich Carter Sports Centre built 2001. This was designed by Napper Architects. Raich Carter played for Sunderland AFC in the 1930s.

Easting:
4069

Northing:
5594

Grid Reference:
NZ40695594

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, pp 74-75