Description
Monkseaton, a township in Tynemouth parish, Northumberland, 2 1/4 miles NNW of North Shields, with a station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Whitley. Acreage, 1110; population, 564. The manor belongs to the Duke of Northumberland. The stump of an ancient cross called the Monk's stone is here, and a gallows of the prior of Tynemouth formerly stood near it. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a large brewery.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
