Roker Park, bowling green

HER Number

15796

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Roker Park, bowling green

Place

Roker

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Ball Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Bowling Green

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Dates from 1883. Still exists. In 1892 the Northumberland and Durham Bowling Association was established, thought to be the first county association in English bowls.

Easting

440450

Northing

559130

Grid Reference

NZ440450559130

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 17