Church of St. Bartholomew (medieval)
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
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
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