Throckley Turnpike Toll House

HER Number

3946

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley Turnpike Toll House

Place

Throckley

Map Sheet

NZ16NE

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

Documentary Evidence

Description

Throckley Turnpike, Toll House and Gate on the Newcastle to Carlisle Road appear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but are not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that they were out of use by c.1895.

Easting

415040

Northing

566880

Grid Reference

NZ415040566880

Sources

<< HER 3946 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 87