Tyne and Wear HER(8224): Newcastle, Maiden's Walk - Details
8224
Newcastle
Newcastle, Maiden's Walk
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Transport
Road Transport Site
Road
Roman
Documentary Evidence
The present Scotswood Road may follow the line of an earlier lane depicted as Maiden's Walk on Wood's map of 1827. This may have been a Roman road and was described as "an old footpath" by Charleton.
2416
6352
NZ24166352
John Wood's map of Newcastle, 1827; R.J. Charleton, 1885, Newcastle Town, p 375