Tyne and Wear HER(6850): Rainton Bridge, fishponds (Joe's Pond) - Details
6850
Sunderland
Rainton Bridge, fishponds (Joe's Pond)
East Rainton
NZ34NW
Agriculture and Subsistence
Fishing Site
Fishpond
Early Modern
C19
Structure
Two large fishponds shown on Ordnance Survey second edition next to Nicholson's pit (HER 3201) - presumably the water-filled former coal workings. The largest pond had a boat house. Came to be known as Joe's Pond. Now a nature reserve. Protected as a SSSI.
3284
4864
NZ32844864
<< HER 6850 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; East Rainton Women's Institute, ?1940s, History of East Rainton (typescript)