Forest Hill, Clousden Hill, guidepost

HER Number

11408

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Forest Hill, Clousden Hill, guidepost

Place

Forest Hall

Map Sheet

NZ27SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Signpost

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A guidepost and lampost set into a circular metal horse trough with four ornate legs. Used to be in the centre of the road, acting as a roundabout, but moved to one side of the road in 1984 and is now planted with flowers.

Easting

428200

Northing

570290

Grid Reference

NZ428200570290

Sources

W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 62; W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 67