Holystone, Benton Square

HER Number:
16234

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Holystone, Benton Square

Place:
Holystone

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Settlement

Site Type: Specific:
Hamlet

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Small settlement of Benton Square is first labelled on Greenwood's plan of Northumberland, 1828. However, New Benton is shown on a plan of Eastern Northumberland, 1778 in roughly the same location and same layout at Benton Square. Associated with coal mining.

Easting:
2983

Northing:
7003

Grid Reference:
NZ29837003

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2012, Land at Forest Gate, Palmersville - archaeological assessment; Shown on Greenwood's Map of Northumberland, 1828; Plan of the East Part of Northumberland, 1778