Killingworth, The Royal Road
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
Medieval 1066 to 1540
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
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 Unpublished report for Northumbrian Water, p4.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.
Northumberland County History, Vol. 9, 1909, p. 26.