Block:Pize Ball in Durham, Northumberland, Cumbria on May 25 1850
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| Data | “Pie ball” was played by students of the St. John's Sunday School of Gateshead Fell, Durham, who had travelled to the village of Gilsland on the Northumberland-Cumbria border for their customary Whit-Monday outing: “On arriving at Rose Hill station, they proceeded up the stream to enjoy themselves with the amusements of sack racing, foot racing, and pie ball, of which Mr. Atkinson took an active part in keeping good order.” |
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| Sources | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, May 25, 1850, p. 4 |
| Block Notes | “Pie ball,” I believe, was the Geordie name for the game otherwise known as pize-ball, pise-ball or pies-ball in the area of Leeds. |
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