Chopwell, quoits ground

Tyne and Wear HER(16994): Chopwell, quoits ground - Details

HER Number:
16994

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Chopwell, quoits ground

Place:
Chopwell

Map Sheet:

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific:
Quoits Ground

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Quoits was popular with north east miners. A photo of 1926 shows a quoits match in Chopwell village.

Easting:

Northing:

Grid Reference:
NZ

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 132-133