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BENTON (Little), a hamlet in Walker township, Long Benton parish, Northumberland; adjacent to the Northeastern railway, ½ a mile S of Long. Benton. The manor belonged to the Scropes, the Fitzhughs, and others; and belongs now to the Bigges.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
Place names: | BENTON | BENTON LITTLE | LITTLE BENTON |
Place: | Little Benton |
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