Kepier Haughs

The land originally belonged to the Kepier Hospital, and on the dissolution of the monasteries, it was transferred to William Paget and John Cockburn, who sold it to John Heath in 1555. The land subsequently changed hands a few times, with mining works being established in 1822 and 1872. The site housed a brick works, which remained in use until the 1880s; this was dismantled in the 1890s, leaving only the kiln. The space was then used as a rifle range, with firing posts every 100 yards from a concrete target (also extant). The only spectator facility was a wooden seated stand. The former football ground is now used as a school playing field; the final 400 yards is pasture land.