Benton, golf course

HER Number:
11649

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benton, golf course

Place:
Benton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Club

Site Type: Specific:
Golf Club

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
Earthworks of the greens of a golf course mapped from wartime air photographs. On the west side of Longbenton, between Benton Lane and Coach Lane. The golf course is shown on third edition Ordnance Survey map of 1916. Destroyed by development in the 1950s.

Easting:
427320

Northing:
568030

Grid Reference:
NZ427320568030

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1430281; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/LA/106 2050 21-JAN-1945