Biddick Check Chain

HER Number

2393

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Biddick Check Chain

Place

West Harton

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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

Biddick Check Chain on the road from East Boldon to South Shields (HER ref. 2451). Presumably a chain, functioning as a Toll Gate.

Easting

436010

Northing

564010

Grid Reference

NZ436010564010

Sources

<< HER 2393 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 4