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Parish of St John's Township of Benwell
Sheet 97 Plan 6

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
Post Office	Post Office	Wm I. Cookson Esqr.	In the Village of	A small mean looking
	Post Office	Mr. Challoner	Benwell About 28 chs.	dwelling house, now used as
	Post Office	Mr. Thos Burn	N.W. of Benwell House	the Post Office of the Village.
				The letters arrive from Newcastle at
				10:15a.m. and are despatched thereto
				at 3.35 P.M-

The Rookery	The Rookery	Wm I. Cookson Esqr.	In the North of the plan	A Small Wood composed
	The Rookery	Mr. Challoner	On the East Side of	of large forest trees. The
	The Rookery	Mr. Thos Burn	Benwell Village	property of Wm I. Cookson Esqr.

Ben Well	~~Benwell~~ Ben Well	Mr. Vinicomb	About 7 chains E of	This is ~~an ancient~~ spring Well ~~it now~~ the water of which passes through a pipe to
~~Ben Well~~	Ben Well	Mr. Reid	Benwell Cottage	the wall 160 links southwards and falls into a trough. ~~The name is now written~~
	Ben Well	Mr. Lighton		~~to the old well in German Text and is shown a red dot on trace~~
				it The Well is circular in form and faced with stone ~~and it appears~~
				~~that the Township derives its name from Ben Well~~

Back Row	Back Row	Mr. Thomas Burn	In the Village of	A Short Row of mean looking
	Back Row	Mr. Challoner	Benwell, About 11 chs.	dwelling houses
	Back Row	Mr. Harding	West of Benwell Tower

				John McMahon Civil Assistant

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