Bensham, Elysium Lane, pigeon crees

HER Number

17040

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Bensham, Elysium Lane, pigeon crees

Place

Bensham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Animal House

Site Type: Specific

Pigeon Cree

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

Pigeon crees in a confined area between the East Coast Main Line, a footbridge and the railway line to Carlisle.

Easting

424440

Northing

562090

Grid Reference

NZ424440562090

Sources

Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 153