Church of St. Bartholomew (medieval)

HER Number:
785

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Church of St. Bartholomew (medieval)

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific:
Parish Church

General Period:
MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The parish of Long Benton stretched northwards from the Tyne to Sandy's Letch. The church was originally isolated, standing between the two principal villages of the parish, Long Benton and Killingworth, in a square churchyard. It was perhaps built by one of the Merlays, barons of Morpeth, Roger de Merlay being the owner of the advowson in 1251. Though the church was described as ruinous in 1663, the medieval nave was not demolished and rebuilt until 1790-91 (see HER 7272).

Easting:
427700

Northing:
569140

Grid Reference:
NZ427700569140

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 785 >> M.A. Richardson, 1842, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, II, 340-42 M.A. Richardson, 1844, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, IV, 265 M.A. Richardson, 1846, Local Historian's Table Book, Historical Division, V, 72 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1907, Exhibited, 3, II (for 1905-06), opp. p. 2 J.W. Fawcett, 1927, Archdeacon Thorpe's Visitation of Northumberland in 1772-3,Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, II (for 1925-26), p. 164 M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Ecclesiastical History, Northumberland County History, XIII, 398-404 N. Pevsner, 1957, Northumberland, Buildings of England, p. 207 G.W.D. Briggs, 1985, William Newton and Long Benton Church, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, XIII, 217-20