Newburn, tollbooth

HER Number

11528

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Newburn, tollbooth

Place

Newburn

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Legal Site

Site Type: Specific

Court House

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Stuart 1603 to 1714

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Mayson's survey of 1613 mentions 'Newburn Towle booth'. Gateshead town had a tollbooth from 1577 which acted as a market court and town gaol {Manders}. Court rolls of Newburn survive for 1761 to 1772 and these largely relate to minor incidents {Dodds}.

Easting

416000

Northing

565000

Grid Reference

NZ416000565000

Sources

Mayson's Survey of 1613, Alnwick Castle Archives Class A, Div. iv, No. 2; F.W.D. Manders, 1973, A history of Gateshead, p 29; M.H. Dodds, 1930, A History of Northumberland XIII, p 150