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Quoits
Bank Head Quoiting Grounds
54.843196, -1.497673
High Dubmire, Fencehouses
Opened:
c1893
Closed:
Unknown
Redeveloped
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
8 May 2024
HER Description
NEHL - The Bank Head Quoiting Grounds are referencing in 1890s newspapers as being "in close proximity to the Wellington Inn and the Britannia Hotel.
The first mention of the grounds is in November 1893, when a match took place between Thomas Sykes and Sam Golightly both of Fencehouses. It is also mentioned the next year, and was likely closed by the end of the decade.
There is no firm indication where the grounds are on Ordnance Survey maps, but given the mention of both public houses I imagine it was on vacant ground on the east side of either, or perhaps next to the allotments which lined the road to Sedgeletch. There is no remnant today of the grounds.
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Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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