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Football
South Moor, Football Ground
54.858026, -1.699794
South Moor, Stanley
Opened:
c1920s
Closed:
20th c
Reclaimed
Condition:
Home Teams/Clubs:
Last Updated:
17 Oct 2023
South Moor Corinthians, South Moor FC
HER Description
NEHL - This is the site of South Moor's earliest formal football ground, opened around the 1920s and was still in use into the 1960s.
It was located next to the old Hedley Pit, owned by South Moor Colliery and was likely used by the pitmen for leisure. It first appears in 1930s maps, with a path leading from South Moor Road over the railway and a waste heap from Hedley Pit to the enclosured ground.
The ground was probably used by multiple teams. Teams at South Moor in the 1930s include South Moor FC and South Moor Corinthians. It was a couple of decades later then the ground south west was opened.
The site is now open green space.
Ordnance Survey, 1946
This fairly poor quality aerial shot shows South Moor in the 1940s, with the football ground in the centre right. Below is an annotated version of this photo. Source: Google Earth
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Annotated photograph from the 1940s with the football ground in red. Source: Google Earth
Historic Environment Records
Durham/Northumberland: Keys to the Past
Tyne and Wear: Sitelines
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