Front Street, toll gate and house

HER Number

11409

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Front Street, toll gate and house

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Toll House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

The tollgate and tollgate stood at the top of Coach Lane opposite St. Aidan's Catholic Church. It cost a penny to use the road by foot and three pence for carts.

Easting

427350

Northing

568470

Grid Reference

NZ427350568470

Sources

W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 7