Co DURHAM, Chester-le-Street, Lambton Park Race Course, 1821, a silver-gilt pass, unsigned, crowned royal monogram in Garter, rev. crown above lion on cap of Maintenance, 32mm, 12.92g (W –; D & W –; cf. Mitchiner p.1861). Very fine, reverse toned, extremely rare £500-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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The first meeting at Lambton Park, organised by John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), was held on 18 October 1821 for ‘gentleman riders’ only. The course is only recorded as having been used for racing until 1825, although the land was known as ‘the racecourse’ for most of the next century and is recorded as such when cavalry were billeted there in 1915