Gateshead to Wolsingham Road

HER Number

3792

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gateshead to Wolsingham Road

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Road Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Toll Road

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Toll Road from Gateshead to Wolsingham (County Durham). Had a Toll House at Fugar, (HER 3744). The Turnpike Trust was formed in 1797 to improve the route between Gateshead and Wolsingham. A new route was chosen from Streetgate to Maiden Law, following Marley Hill Lane to High Marley Hill, then to Crookgate, The Hobson, Flint Hill and Catchgate.

Easting

423210

Northing

560590

Grid Reference

NZ423210560590

Sources

<< HER 3792 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Front Street Sunniside, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/frontst.html