Benton Park Road, Jesmond and Gosforth Laundry

HER Number

13250

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benton Park Road, Jesmond and Gosforth Laundry

Place

Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Commercial

Site Type: Broad

Laundry

Site Type: Specific

Laundry

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

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

Sources

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