Sunderland, Fighting Cock Lane

Tyne and Wear HER(16993): Sunderland, Fighting Cock Lane - Details

HER Number:
16993

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Fighting Cock Lane

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Baiting Place

Site Type: Specific:
Cockpit

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Placename Evidence

Description:
The name is suggestive of the site of cock fighting.

Easting:

Northing:

Grid Reference:
NZ

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 129