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Cricket
Heaton, Cricket Ground
54.985296, -1.574220
Heaton, Newcastle
Opened:
19th c
Closed:
1890s
Redeveloped
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
22 Aug 2022
HER Description
NEHL - The cricket ground backed off Chillingham Road, and stood next to Newcastle's East End FC.s football ground It seems there were scarce facilities, with the players perhaps using St. Gabriel's Church or a nearby terrace as its changing rooms.
Ordnance Survey, 1899
Site of the cricket club, which has since been developed with terraced housing. The streets are half the size as surrounding terraces due to the railway developing on the old football ground.
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