Highfield Road, lawn tennis ground

HER Number

16816

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Highfield Road, lawn tennis ground

Place

Westerhope

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Racket Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Tennis Court

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

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.

Easting

419950

Northing

566840

Grid Reference

NZ419950566840

Sources

2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 21