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Benwell is an area in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland. History The ...
Clara Street. The steep back lane of Clara Street gave a good view of the River Tyne below, including the huge Power Station on the opposite bank at Dunston. Old photo of Dunston Power Station from across the River Tyne, in the back lane of Clara Street, Benwell, in 1967 or 1968. From the archives of the Newcastle Libraries’ Collections/Flikr.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Benwell like this: BENWELL, a township and a chapelry in St. John parish, Northumberland. The township lies on the river Tyne, the Roman wall, and the Newcastle and Carlisle railway, 2 miles W of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 1,346.
Benwell is a suburb in the West End of Newcastle. It was a separate village surrounded by fields and only became part of Newcastle in 1904. During the Roman occupation Benwell had a Roman fort (Condercum), and today you can still visit the remains of the Vallum Crossing and the Temple of Antenociticus. The manor of Benwell was created after the ...
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Jan 22, 2021 · Discover Benwell Roman Temple in Newcastle upon Tyne, England: This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.
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The fort at Benwell (Condercum) – one of 13 permanent forts along the line of Hadrian’s Wall – was occupied throughout most of the Roman period by the cavalry regiment ala I Asturum. It is no longer visible, its site covered on the north side by a Victorian reservoir and to the south by 1930s housing. Sixty metres east, however, is a ...
