The Park, lakes

HER Number

17132

District

Sunderland

Site Name

The Park, lakes

Place

Hetton-le-Hole

Map Sheet

NZ34NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Water Feature

Site Type: Specific

Lake

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Two lakes shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1856. The lakes are located in The Park - presumably associated with Hetton Hall. The larger one remains shown in outline until the 1919 plan. Both have been built over by 1939.

Easting

434800

Northing

547500

Grid Reference

NZ434800547500

Sources

Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas; First Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1856