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Sports Archive.

Handenhold, Tennis Court

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Last Updated:

5 Mar 2024

Tennis

Home Teams & Clubs:

Opened:

Closed:

c1930s

c1940s

Redeveloped

Condition:

West Pelton

54.872502, -1.640869

NEHL - A tennis court is in situ by the 1930s directly north of the Beamish Waggonway between High Handenhold and West Pelton. By 1946, the court was either disused or demolished as there is no trace on aerial imagery.

The site is now redeveloped as the A693.

Ordnance Survey

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

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

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