Tyne and Wear HER(16816): Westerhope, Highfield Road, lawn tennis ground - Details
16816
Newcastle
Westerhope, Highfield Road, lawn tennis ground
Westerhope
NZ16NE
Recreational
Racket Sports Site
Tennis Court
Modern
C20
Documentary Evidence
Founded around 1905. Lawn tennis emerged in the 1870s and became the favourite summer game for the middle and upper classes (it had been croquet). Lawn tennis was ideal for the gardens of suburban villas. Women in particular embraced the game as for the first time they could engage in competitive sport and enter a clubhouse.
1995
6684
NZ19956684
2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 21