Gateshead to Wolsingham Road

HER Number:
3792

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Gateshead to Wolsingham Road

Place:
Gateshead

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE NZ26SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Road

Site Type: Specific:
Toll Road

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Toll Road from Gateshead to Wolsingham (County Durham). Had a Toll House at Fugar, (HER 3744). The Turnpike Trust was formed in 1797 to improve the route between Gateshead and Wolsingham. A new route was chosen from Streetgate to Maiden Law, following Marley Hill Lane to High Marley Hill, then to Crookgate, The Hobson, Flint Hill and Catchgate.

Easting:
2321

Northing:
6059

Grid Reference:
NZ23216059

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3792 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Front Street Sunniside, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/frontst.html