Hendon, Blue House cricket ground

HER Number

16924

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hendon, Blue House cricket ground

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific

Cricket Ground

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Circa 1888 to 1960s. The home of Hendon Cricket Club. Now the site of the Raich Carter Sports Centre built 2001. This was designed by Napper Architects. Raich Carter played for Sunderland AFC in the 1930s.

Easting

440690

Northing

555940

Grid Reference

NZ440690555940

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, pp 74-75