Killingworth, The Royal Road

HER Number:
7760

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Killingworth, The Royal Road

Place:
Killingworth

Map Sheet:
NZ27SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Road

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The road from Killingworth village to Backworth, via East House Farm, is thought likely to be that named in an early 14th century document as the royal road. The derivation of the name is not recorded, but it is described as skirting the east side of a field called ‘The Chesters’ (HER ref. 7758).

Easting:
2952

Northing:
7170

Grid Reference:
NZ29527170

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeology Department, Tyne and Wear Museums, 1996, N. Tyneside: Dudley-Holystone Water Main – Assessment of Archaeological Potential. Unpublished report for Northumbrian Water, p4. (T&W HER 1996/17) Northumberland County History, Vol. 9, 1909, p. 26.