Little Benton village
Little Benton village
HER Number
317
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Little Benton village
Place
Benton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Shrunken village
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The earliest reference to Little Benton village seems to be to John of Little Benton, c. 1161. Four taxpayers were listed in 1296 and 1312, 3 in 1336. Hollar's map of 1654 shows an east-west, 2 row village street; but by 1745 only 2 houses are shown; and on Armstrong's map of 1769 only one. The location of the village is uncertain, but may be near Little Benton farm, where there are earthworks on the north side, or on the site of Little Benton House on the east side of Coach lane, now covered by housing.
Easting
428100
Northing
567600
Grid Reference
NZ428100567600
Sources
<< HER 317 >> W. Greenwell, ed. 1871, Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, Surtees Society, Vol. 58, p. 104
1598, Vetera Indictamenta, QSI 1/55-Northumberland Records Office
Hollar, 1898, Map of the Tyne, 1654, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIII, p. 294
1745 Walker map
Armstrong, 1769, Northumberland, ZAN PM 9 -Northumberland Records Office
Tithe Awards, 1842, Little Benton, DT 294 S -Northumberland Records Office
19th century, Little Benton House and Little and East Benton, Nos. 6, 10, 13 -Newcastle Library Local Studies Seymour Bell Collection
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1830, Little Benton Township, Northumberland County History, Vol. XIII, pp. 414-17
Wrathmell, Gazetteer of DMVs S Northumberland, p. 304
1598, Vetera Indictamenta, QSI 1/55-Northumberland Records Office
Hollar, 1898, Map of the Tyne, 1654, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIII, p. 294
1745 Walker map
Armstrong, 1769, Northumberland, ZAN PM 9 -Northumberland Records Office
Tithe Awards, 1842, Little Benton, DT 294 S -Northumberland Records Office
19th century, Little Benton House and Little and East Benton, Nos. 6, 10, 13 -Newcastle Library Local Studies Seymour Bell Collection
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1830, Little Benton Township, Northumberland County History, Vol. XIII, pp. 414-17
Wrathmell, Gazetteer of DMVs S Northumberland, p. 304