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Brinkburn Road, Tennis Court
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Last Updated:
29 Sept 2022
Tennis
Home Teams & Clubs:
Opened:
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20th c
1940s
Redeveloped
Condition:
Darlington
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NEHL - A tennis court stood at Brinkburn Road, between the bowling green and the working mens club, from circa 1900s until the 1940s. It may have been used or owned by the social club or Mission Hall as it was previously was. It was demolished in the 1940s, though is visible on an RAF aerial shot from 1940.
Ordnance Survey, 1947
Brinkburn Road Tennis Court is visible in the centre of the shot close to the railway. Source: Historic England Photograph: RAF_4E_M3_V_1753 flown 11/11/1940
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