- 410 LONG BENTON. SUBURBS OF [KELLY's Wood Francis, blacksmith,Heaton Blue Dryden William, gro. &c.Forest Hall rd Pickering William, Woodbine villa house, Benton Fisher James, Olive villa Pike George,grocer&c. Forest Hall road Wright Robert, horse dealer, Benton Forest Hall Club (Ed wardMarston,sec. : Reed Richard, Springfield house North farm Robert Pattison, man,) ForestHall rd Richardson George Henry, marine store W oodsJohnAnthony,Benton hall, Benton Guthrie Reginald, Hawthorne villa dealer, Eastern villas Younger John, farmer,LongBenton frm Hall Anthony, South view Robson Frederick, Woodside Hall Waiter, timber merchant Russell Francis, Benton new Forest Hall. Harrison Mrs. Elizh. J. Greenside,villa Sacher Wilhelm, 2 Clarmont villas Alderson Wm. painter, &c. Prospect ho Hathorne Col. Fletcher, Forest villa Salter Thomas, Stone villa - Alien Wm. Thomas, Forest villa west Jones John Rock, Laburnam villa Snowden William, tailor, 4 South view Atkinson Geo.Blaxland, l'Clarmont viis Knott Thomas, ale & porter merchant, Spence Geo. W.taccountant, Eastern viis Baldwin John, 4 Benton row 1 West Moor road Tate William S. butcher Bell Matthew, Rose villa Laverick Nicholas Jeffery, sewing Taylor James Pigdon, Swiss villa Berkley Henry, Beech- Grove house r maehine age:r;tt. Forest Hall road Thompsol!l J~hn (firnt of J. Thompson Birtley Henry, < timber l merchant, Marston Edwd. sec. to Forest l!all club & Son), Clousden HiU bop.se . ;Beerchwood house f.:.'; t i Melville John Pringle, 5 South \"iew TBENWELL is a township and village and ecclesiastical Sowerby esq. by J. W. Pease esq. banker, and presented by parislr, forme1,l in •1842 .from the parish of St.· John, New- him Castle sward, Newcastle-upon~Tyne. the grounds Gateshead Newcastle diocese, si~uated -Fenham of the manol'~ · The principal landowners are .Mrs, . .Anne in its distdc.t1 a'he church .of St.. James is· a building of nlackett-Ord, Qf Wpitfield Hall, Langley Mill, Mrs Crawhall, stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, t:.. o representatives of the late Richard Grainger and of :nave, porch and a tower containing :t bell. The register the late Buddle Atkinson esq. H. Milvain esq. J.l'. of North dates· from the year. 'l832. 't{'he. living. is ar .vicarage, n::t Elswick Hall, and John Oliver Scott esq. f The soil is strong rearly .v~lue,•£I86j including 12 acres of glebe with rcE,i- loam; subsoil, clay. The chief ~rops are wheat, barley, den~;e, '1n th,e .gift of. the vicar of Ne'fcastle-upon-Tyne, Qats, potatoes, turnips and pasture. .The area of ,the town­ and held since 1870 by the Rev. :Francis Bromley ;M,A. of ship is 1,346 acres ; rateable value. £21,800. The parish Worcester College, Oxfor!}, and hon. canon of Newcastle. of St. ,.Tames; Benwellt comprises the tow.nshjp of Benwell, ThereareWesleyanMethodist'chapels at New and South with a population in IS;I of 2,:)99 and.in !881.9'4,736; BenweU. · Benwell Park is the seat of John Peter ~u:lcaste:r Fenbam, 157 ; and part of the towgship of Elswick, ·with esq. D.L., J.P. ; Benwell Hall, John Liddell esq, ; Benwell 6,320. . . · , · Cottage, John Oliver Scott esq. and there are many other ' good residences. Benwell Tower, the residence of the WALL LE,TTER Box _ . Rt. Rev. Ernest Rohind Wilbedorce D. D.. .Bishop of New- Letters through Newcastle.upon-Tyne, which is the nearest castle, is a fine- mansi

. .; , New Benw.ell. Wall Alexander, gardener, ':'he Lodge, N~c~~;stle Rt/ R~v ...Lord· ~ish,op , ?f, .i Condercum . .Den well tower ·· ~ :Brook Ralpb, ·beer rbtailer •' Wardhaugh I, grocer' Pease Johrt W. Bendo'wer- Carr & Urwin, engineer~, & (oundry White William Henry, constructor Purvis Joseph Green, Tree 'inn Challoner ·.John - D: insurance agent, Whitle Dean, water reservoir Reed Joshua, joiner . - • - Benwelllodge • ' - · . . Old B ll v·n · ' Robinson Wm. coachman, The Lodge, Clementson Lancelot;'butcher ' · enwe 1 age. · Benwell hall ' · ' Co-operative Society Lim. (branch). Bilton Edward S.'Brazllian vice-consul,. Scott John. Oliver/ Benw~1I:cottage .. Crawhall Thomas, rope manufacturer Benwell house · , . South Benwell , Colliery ' (Matthew Dyre Conald, Condercum hall . Bromley Rev. Francis M.A. Vicarage Langley, manager) . . ' . ." · Edison & Swan, U:nited Electric Light Brown Ralph, Benwell grange , . Thirlwell P .. & Son; ;cartwrights. &; Kennarry Daniel; botanical druggist DawsonThomas, Loca),Board surveyor, horseshoers .. Maughan Isaac, High Golands farm· . White house Thirlw~ll Thomas:." Meickle Mrs. Ellen, Spring Bank· villa Hobson John, Hawthorn inn Wanley William, groom Newcastle & Gateshead Water Co Hodgkin Thos. Benwell Dene Waugh Lewis, Benwell Hills farm Reid Christian John,.goldsmith . : · Jackson Henry James; gardener Wilberforce Rt. Rev. Ernest Roland D. D. Robinson Joseph, farmer ' Liddell John, Benwell hall [Bishop of NewcastfilJ;BE!~~ell rower Robson Hannah J.(Mrs.), St. James'rd Mulcaster Bernard F. Benwell park· Wilton John, grocer· 1. ,, • Ross John James, farmer · ·, MulcasterJohn P. J.P. & D.L. barrister- Winter Stephen, coachman Scott George I. consulting engineer . . at-law, Benwell park, · . · • l 1 ' • • 1' •'-' ;...... -~ •'Scotswood is a village and station on the Carlisle section· ;posT & MoNEY ORDER OFFICE & Telegraph Sub-Office (Rail- of the N-orth Eas,ter» railwa);, in the townships of Benwell way Sub-Office; letters should have RS.Q::,ad'ded).- and East Deuton, partly in Benwell and Newburn parisi)es, John F. Pye, postmaster. Letters arnve'from Newcastle 3! ptiles west. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, situated "OD the a~ ·7 a.m & 2 & 6 p.m.; despatched at 12.50,. 4·15 & 8 north bank of the Tyrte, over which is a handsome suspen- p.m. Sundays open 8 to 10 a. m. ; despatched 9 p.in · .''' sion bridge, uniting the. counties· of Northumberland and · · . . . . Durham: -There are ~esleyan and Methodist New Connexion Church School, So~th Benwell {:r~ux~d), W~lhat;n Marsha~l chapels_·· Here is the .extensive. colliery of Messrs. William Cox, '!laster ; Mis~ ~sabella. Hill, mfants mistress : th:e Benson and Son;· the fire-brick works of Mr. William c. t school IS used for divme sernce on sundays . Gibson; the paper mills of Messrs. Grace and Co. and the Church School (mixed)~ Charles Redhead l3rown, master; 1 shipbuilding yard of Messrs. Campbell, Bowstead & Co. Miss M:ary A. Hunn, mistress , . · This place takes its name from the encampment here, above · · · '' · the 'rillage, of the Scottish army, under General Leslie in Police Station, Thomas Batey, ~ergeant · the year 1640~ The population is returned with the town- Railway Station, Robert Ker, station inaster: · ship~ in 1\--hich the village is situate. . '. ,, . " t • r- ·, ,· ! ·lt' . '. • • Armstrong William, butter carrier~ Benson Thomas W. Deuton Woodhouse' Brown Charles R. -hea'd master Scots- Providence terrace . farm & Allerwash house, Fourstones wood Church of England Schools · · J:'¥ Armstrong William. hair dresser ·Benson William (firm of WilliamBenson BullerweU John, Rokeby ANUS I'~tt' .. , "( · AttewellJ'oseph, fo:Ommercial travellefl f & Son), Allerwash house, Fonrstones Campbell,Bowstead&Co. iron shiJ? bldr§ ,, Benson.William & Son,colliery,copperas IBlackbourn Jose~h, joiner · ' . . ' . \ Campbell John-M.. (of Campbell,.. Bow- & brick works · : · Boyd ·Samuel, brickyard store 'keeper . . stead & Co. ), shlp bldrs. Srotswood ho