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Sheet 89 Plan 5 Parish of Long Benton Township of Killingworth & Long Benton

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Scaffold Hill	Scaffold Hill	County Register of the Electors for 1858	20 Chains East of	A Farm House Windmills &c
	Scaffold Hill	Mr. Jamieson	Wapping	situated in on T.J. a slightly rising
	Scaffold Hill	Mr. Moore		ground
	Scaffold Hill	Mr. Brown
	Scaffold Hill	Richardson’s Companion through Newcastle
	Scaffold hill mill	White’s Directory
	Scaffold Hill	Whellan’s Directory

HolysStone	Holy Stone	Mr. Jamieson	32 Chains north	a few small cottages in this Ph
	Holy Stone	Mr. Moore	of Benton	& a farm house in the Ph of
	Holy Stone	Mr. Brown	Square	Earsdon. This derives the name
	Holy Stone	White’s directory		from a stone that stood on the East
	Holy Stone	Whellan’s Directory		of the Houses & near the corner of the
				Boundary between the Phs of Long Benton &
				Earsdon – but no trace of such now exists
				"When finally Examining I made every enquiry
				"if there was a stone so named but the people
				"never heard of any such being in that neighbourhood"
				Examiners reply to remark about it
				JJ

Holy Stone	For authorities &c – see Name Book of Earsdon

				Felix Gillespie CAsst

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Transcribed by PT and CTW