Brandling Park, bowling green

Tyne and Wear HER(10818): Brandling Park, bowling green - Details

HER Number:
10818

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Brandling Park, bowling green

Place:
Brandling Village

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
This was Newcastle's first municipal bowling green, laid out in 1882. It still exists.

Easting:
424900

Northing:
565660

Grid Reference:
NZ424900565660

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey Second Edition of 1896; Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 17