Town Moor, recreation ground

Tyne and Wear HER(15795): Town Moor, recreation ground - Details

HER Number:
15795

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Town Moor, recreation ground

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Site

Site Type: Specific:
Recreation Ground

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
In response to a petition, a recreation ground was laid out in 1878 on the edge of Newcastle's Town Moor, where Exhibition Park is now.

Easting:
424600

Northing:
565400

Grid Reference:
NZ424600565400

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 17