Durham Road, Traveller's Rest Public House
Durham Road, Traveller's Rest Public House
HER Number
15774
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Durham Road, Traveller's Rest Public House
Place
East Rainton
Map Sheet
NZ34NW
Class
Commercial
Site Type: Broad
Eating and Drinking Establishment
Site Type: Specific
Public House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Shown on OS first edition map of 1860. In the 1920s the landlord was a Mr Bones. There were two cottages adjoined to the west and one to the east. The Rowan, Fox, Langley and Weatherall families lived in the cottages. The cottages have now gone and the pub is detached. Now called Ye Olde Ship Inn.
Easting
433400
Northing
547850
Grid Reference
NZ433400547850
Sources
Ordnance Survey First Edition Map 1860; Robert Hope, no date, East Rainton in the 1920s; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas