Gosforth, Benton Park Road, Jesmond and Gosforth Laundry

HER Number:
13250

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Benton Park Road, Jesmond and Gosforth Laundry

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Commercial

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Laundry

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
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.

Easting:
2578

Northing:
6819

Grid Reference:
NZ25786819

Lats/Lons:

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