Tyne and Wear HER(2287): South Shields, Gateshead to South Shields Road - Details
2287
S Tyneside
South Shields, Gateshead to South Shields Road
South Shields
NZ36NW NZ36SW
Transport
Road
Toll Road
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Toll Road from Gateshead to South Shields which ran at least some of its length along the line of the Wrekendyke. Related sites included Jarrow Slake Turnpike (HER ref. 2291), Primrose Bridge (HER ref. 2273), Dean Bridge (HER ref. 2376). On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, its course is unclear beyond NZ 3555 6654. Its southern end appears to have been at White Mere Pool where it joined the road to Wearmouth.
3555
6654
NZ35556654
<< HER 2287 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3