Blue House athletics ground

HER Number

16925

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Blue House athletics ground

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Racing Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Athletics Track

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Circa 1845 to 1914. Had a track and a single stand on its each side.

Easting

440710

Northing

555830

Grid Reference

NZ440710555830

Sources

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