Waterville T.P.

HER Number

2019

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Waterville T.P.

Place

North Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Toll Gate

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Waterville T.P. appears from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan to be a Toll Gate. It was located on the road into North Shields (HER ref. 2012) where it crossed the N.E.R, Tynemouth Branch (HER ref. 1186).

Easting

434810

Northing

567820

Grid Reference

NZ434810567820

Sources

<< HER 2019 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89