Hetton-le-Hole, reading room
Hetton-le-Hole, reading room
HER Number
16329
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hetton-le-Hole, reading room
Place
Hetton-le-Hole
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Education
Site Type: Broad
Reading Room
Site Type: Specific
Reading Room
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Reading Room, opened in November 1849 and contained c.800 volumes, newspapers and periodicals. The Rev. J. S. Nichol was president in 1856 along with Mr John Bustin (treasurer), Robert Errington (secretary), John Swallow and Robert Lawson (librarians).
Easting
435558
Northing
547475
Grid Reference
NZ435558547475
Sources
Whellan, W, 1856, History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham