BENTON (LONG), a parish in the eastern division
of CASTLE ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND, 3 miles
(N. E. by N.) from Newcastle upon Tyne, comprising
the townships of Long Benton, Killingworth, Walker,
and Weetsted, and containing 5547 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Northumberland, and diocese of Durham, rated in the
king's books at £3. 1. 3., and in the patronage of the
Master and Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford. The
church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is a neat unadorned
edifice, with a tower and spire; it was rebuilt,
except the chancel, in 1791. This parish is bounded
on the south by the river Tyne, on the banks of which
are various extensive manufactories and coal-wharfs:
it contains a very great quantity of coal, and there are
some stone quarries. A parochial school-room, and a
house for the master, were built some years ago, at an
expense of £205, which was partly raised by subscription.
The Roman wall of Severus passed through the
parish, prior to its immediate termination at Legedunum,
in the adjoining parish of Wallsend.