Front Street, Village Green

HER Number

9486

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Front Street, Village Green

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Village Green

Site Type: Specific

Village Green

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

This area is labelled as 'The Green' on Ordnance Survey first edition map. It would have been at the heart of the medieval village (HER 137) on the main thoroughfare. The green has changed shape since the nineteenth century (it is semi-circular on OS second edition). It is now a rectangular plot with a World War One memorial (HER 7333) in the centre and a South African war memorial (HER 7332) and statue of Queen Victoria (HER 7334) at either end. LOCAL LIST

Easting

436770

Northing

569410

Grid Reference

NZ436770569410

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; T. Wild, 2004, Village England - a social history of the countryside, p 13; T. Rowley and J. Wood, 2000, Deserted Villages (third edition), p. 41; B.K. Roberts, 1977, Rural Settlement in Britain, p. 146; B.K. Roberts, 1987, The making of the English village - a study in historical geography, p. 151; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9)