Bensham
Bensham is a suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, North East England.[1]
| Bensham | |
|---|---|
 View of the River Tyne from Cuthbert Street, Bensham | |
  Bensham Location within Tyne and Wear | |
| Population | 10,638 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | NZ249625 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GATESHEAD |
| Postcode district | NE8 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Tyne and Wear |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
Bensham has a mixture of homes. These include different styles of houses built between the late 1890s and 1980s.
The Bensham railway station operated here from its opening in 1868 to its closure in 1954.[2][3]
Community
Like nearby Saltwell, Bensham is home to a sizeable community of Orthodox Haredi Jews, with several hundred Jewish families and the Gateshead Talmudical College, founded in 1929, the largest yeshiva for Jewish education in Europe, which has earned Bensham the nickname "Little Jerusalem" by locals.[4]
Notable places
References
- "Bensham and Saltwell - Gateshead Council". www.gateshead.gov.uk.
- Chronicle, Evening (1 January 2012). "Ten interesting facts about Bensham & Saltwell". nechronicle.
- "Bensham - Gateshead History". www.gatesheadhistory.com.
- ""Famous Old Tyneside Community Set for a New Look.Again" - Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), November 22, 2014 - Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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