Benton Square

HER Number

16234

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square

Place

Holystone

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Domestic

Site Type: Broad

Settlement

Site Type: Specific

Hamlet

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Small settlement of Benton Square is first labelled on Greenwood's plan of Northumberland, 1828. However, New Benton is shown on a plan of Eastern Northumberland, 1778 in roughly the same location and same layout at Benton Square. Associated with coal mining.

Easting

429830

Northing

570030

Grid Reference

NZ429830570030

Sources

Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, Land at Forest Gate, Palmersville - archaeological assessment; Shown on Greenwood's Map of Northumberland, 1828; Plan of the East Part of Northumberland, 1778