Front Street, National School

HER Number

11410

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Front Street, National School

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Education

Site Type: Broad

School

Site Type: Specific

National School

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Built in 1871. Longbenton National School is shown on OS second edition map. Extended in 1889. Demolished in 1973 to make way for a new Longbenton Church of England Aided First School.

Easting

427480

Northing

568520

Grid Reference

NZ427480568520

Sources

W.G. Elliott and Edwin Smith, Bygone Days of Longbenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor and Killingworth, p 33 and 34; D.J. Scott, The History of Longbenton Church of England School; www.douglaskay.co.uk/stbarts/history.html; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2015, St. Bartholomew's School, Benton - Archaeological Assessment