Mailings Rigg, Lord Byron Tavern

Tyne and Wear HER(16786): Mailings Rigg, Lord Byron Tavern - Details

HER Number:
16786

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Mailings Rigg, Lord Byron Tavern

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Building

Site Type: Specific:
Boxing Arena

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Bare knuckle boxing took place here in the 1830s.

Easting:
440600

Northing:
557400

Grid Reference:
NZ440600557400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 19