Rainton Bridge, fishponds (Joe's Pond)

HER Number:
6850

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Rainton Bridge, fishponds (Joe's Pond)

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Site

Site Type: Specific:
Fishpond

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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.

Easting:
3284

Northing:
4864

Grid Reference:
NZ32844864

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6850 >> Ordnance Survey second edition map, 1890; East Rainton Women's Institute, ?1940s, History of East Rainton (typescript)