Benton Square, school

HER Number

11405

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Benton Square, school

Place

Benton Square

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

Board School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Built by the School Board in 1878. Shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey plan 1897. Enlarged in 1903. Demolished in the 1980s for a small housing estate.

Easting

429360

Northing

570030

Grid Reference

NZ429360570030

Sources

W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 82; Second edition ordnance survey plan, 1897