Tyne and Wear HER(16993): Sunderland, Fighting Cock Lane - Details
16993
Sunderland
Sunderland, Fighting Cock Lane
Sunderland
NZ35NE
Recreational
Baiting Place
Cockpit
Post Medieval
C18
Placename Evidence
The name is suggestive of the site of cock fighting.
NZ
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 129