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:

Site Type: Specific:
School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2936

Northing:
7003

Grid Reference:
NZ29367003

Lats/Lons:

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