Swalwell to Gateshead Road
Swalwell to Gateshead Road
HER Number
4330
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Swalwell to Gateshead Road
Place
Gateshead
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Toll Road
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The road from Swalwell to Gateshead appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey as Low Team Turnpike, suggesting that it was a toll road. Its precise course is unclear at its western end.
Easting
424820
Northing
562370
Grid Reference
NZ424820562370
Sources
<< HER 4330 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.50
I.M. Ayris, & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p.50