Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Benwell

Benwell, township, St John par., S. Northumberland, on river Tyne, 2 miles W. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1302 ac., pop. 4736; extensive collieries. Benwell Park is in the vicinit.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Benwell CP/Ch       Newcastle upon Tyne St John CP/Ch       Northumberland AncC
Place: Benwell

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