Monkseaton, Souter Park North, Forth Bowling Club

HER Number

17002

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Monkseaton, Souter Park North, Forth Bowling Club

Place

Monkseaton

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Ball Sports Site

Site Type: Specific

Bowling Club

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Formed in the 1930s by railway workers at the LNER's Forth goods yard in Newcastle. The timber pavilion was built in 1936.

Easting

434660

Northing

572220

Grid Reference

NZ434660572220

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 139