North Shields, Toll Road

HER Number

2012

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

North Shields, Toll Road

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Toll Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A Toll Road which branches from the Newcastle to North Shields Road (HER ref. 1191) at Percy Main T.P. (HER ref. 2011) and appears to end near Trinity Church, North Shields. It also had Waterville T.P. Toll Gate (HER ref. 2019).

Easting

435260

Northing

567930

Grid Reference

NZ435260567930

Sources

<< HER 2012 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89