Longbenton, Front Street, National School

HER Number:
11410

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Longbenton, Front Street, National School

Place:
Longbenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Education

Site Type: Broad:
Voluntary School

Site Type: Specific:
National School

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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:
2748

Northing:
6852

Grid Reference:
NZ27486852

Lats/Lons:

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