East Rainton, village green

HER Number

15776

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Rainton, village green

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Village Green

Site Type: Specific

Village Green

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Shown on OS first edition of 1860. There was a row of 6 cottages in the middle of the green (HER 15765).

Easting

433650

Northing

547960

Grid Reference

NZ433650547960

Sources

Ordnance Survey Second Edition Map 1890; Robert Hope, no date, East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas