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13249


Newcastle


Gosforth, Benton Grange (Convent of the Good Shepherd)


Gosforth


NZ26NE


Domestic


Dwelling


House


Early Modern


C19


Demolished Building


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.


2584


6814


NZ25846814



Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 142

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