Wallsend, Tollgate

HER Number

1183

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Tollgate

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Toll Gate

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Wallsend Turnpike with what appears to be a Toll Gate appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map.

Easting

430570

Northing

566520

Grid Reference

NZ430570566520

Sources

<< HER 1183 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89