Whickham, Fugar Turnpike toll house

HER Number:
3744

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Fugar Turnpike toll house

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Toll House

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Fugar Turnpike toll house, on the Gateshead to Wolsingham Road, is shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The trustees of the turnpike let out the gates yearly to the highest bidder. In 1864 Fugar was valued at oe176, Crookgate bar at oe 256. Mary Sinclair was the keeper at Fugar in 1841. The toll was abolished in the mid 1870s. The tollhouse was demolished in the late 1930s.

Easting:
2189

Northing:
5972

Grid Reference:
NZ21895972

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Streetgate, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/streetgate.html