Benson Place

HER Number

16266

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Benson Place

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Farm

Site Type: Specific

Farm

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Benson Place shown on Robson's Plan of Bishopwearmouth, 1831 and Bell's Plan of Durham Coalfield, 1843.

Easting

440700

Northing

552960

Grid Reference

NZ440700552960

Sources

Archaeological Services University of Durham, 2013, Cherry Knowle, Ryhope, Sunderland, Archaeological Assessment; Robson's Plan of Bishopwearmouth, 1831 (TWAS D.TRM/9/1); Bell's Plan of Durham Coalfield, 1843 (TWAS DT.BEL/21/12-4)