Lord Byron Tavern / A Historic Bare Knuckle Boxing Ground in Sunderland

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16786

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27 Jun 2022

Bare Knuckle Boxing

Home Teams & Clubs:

Opened:

Closed:

Unknown

Redeveloped

Condition:

Sunderland

54.910118, -1.367526

https://sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk/SMR/16786

Bare knuckle boxing took place here in the 1830s.

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

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