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15794


Gateshead


Gateshead, Saltwell Park, bowling green


Gateshead


NZ26SE


Recreational


Ball Sports Site


Bowling Green


Early Modern


C19


Documentary Evidence


Saltwell was the first park in Tyne and Wear to have a specific area set aside for organised sport. The bowling green was laid out in 1878. In 1892 the Northumberland and Durham Bowling Association was established, thought to be the first county association in English bowls.


2537


6112


NZ25376112



Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 17

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