Monkton, Cycling Ground

HER Number

2554

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Monkton, Cycling Ground

Place

Monkton

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Racing Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Velodrome

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Cycling Ground in the form of an Oval track, south east of Monkton. This is not shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was working from after 1855.

Easting

432200

Northing

563570

Grid Reference

NZ432200563570

Sources

<< HER 2554 >> 2nd edition, Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3, SE