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Wolsingham, Tennis Ground

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Last Updated:

22 Aug 2024

Tennis

Home Teams & Clubs:

Opened:

Closed:

1911

1950s

Reclaimed

Condition:

Wolsingham

Wolsingham Tennis Club

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NEHL - A tennis club was established in Wolsingham in 1911, and found a home in the west end of the town opposite the Grammar School. The grounds were modest, enclosing a piece of land behind newly built houses and likely using one of these as a clubhouse.

There is unfortunately limited information on the ground. Their AGM appears in newspapers through the decades indicating a healthy financial state throughout its life, however these dry up by the 30s. The ground appears to be in situ in 1940s aerial imagery, however it was likely dormant through the war. By the 1950s however, it is unlabelled and doesn't appear in use anymore.

Nowadays the green appears to be vacant land behind the row.

Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey, 1942

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

Aerial photograph of the tennis ground from 1945. It is seen in the centre of the shot. Source: Google Earth

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

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