Benridge, with Kirkley and Carter-Moor
BENRIDGE, with Kirkley and Carter-moor, a township, in the parish of Ponteland, union, and W. division, of Castle ward, S. division of Northumberland, 9½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne; containing 168 inhabitants. This place comprises 1085 acres, of which 27 are common or waste; it is situated to the south of the river Blyth, and east of the road from Newcastle to Rothbury.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.