Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map of 1897. The 1891 census lists a mining community (from Gosforth Colliery) of around 630 people living in the terraces east of Benton Grange (HER 13249).

The Sisters of the Good Shepherd used part of their grounds as a private burial ground. The convent was demolished in the 1980s to make way for housing. The burial ground was tidied up and the headstones replaced by a single memorial stone which says 'R.I.P. PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOULS OF THE 48 GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS AND THEIR CHAPLAIN WHO LIE BURIED HERE'.

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map of 1897. Associated with the Convent of the Good Shepherd (HER 13249).

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map of 1897. In the 1891 census, 25 female inhabitants of the Convent of the Good Shepherd (which stood opposite the laundry) were listed as laundry workers.

Benton Grange was probably built for Matthew Liddell, manager of Gosforth Colliery around 1829. Immediately to the east stood Gosforth Row and Benton Row which was a mining community of around 630 persons by 1891. In 1888 the Convent of the Good Shepherd took over the house and buildings. The 1891 census lists 34 female inhabitants at the convent. 25 of them were laundry workers at the Jesmond and Gosforth Laundry opposite the convent. The Convent was demolished in the early 1980s and replaced by a residential estate called The Cloisters.

William Short (1811-1859) was foreman boiler smith at Walker Iron Works. He died at sea on 17 January 1859. He was enroute to Smyrna on the Black Sea for 'the benefit of his health'.

Daniel James (1796-1848) was manager of the blast furnaces at Walker Iron Works. He previously worked at Dowlais Iron Works in Wales.

Thomas James (1793-1858) was a blast furnace builder and manager. He was from Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. He died at Walker Iron Works on March 7th 1858. The obelisk monument was erected by public subscription.

Monument to the memory of workmen killed in a boiler explosion at Walker Iron and Alkali Works 1855. The explosion happened in a rolling mill on 8 October 1855. The two youngest victims were ten years old. 8 men died. Obelisk monument with rounded top.

Monument to the victims of an explosion at Walker Colliery 1887. It was erected by the colliery to the memory of 8 men who lost their lives at Ann Pit on Mitchell Street in October 1887. It also commemorates John Dixon who died in another accident on 2 August 1887. The explosion occurred at 1200 feet, about 540 feet from the shaft bottom. The victims are listed with their names and ages. The monument is a square column with an urn on top.