Throckley Turnpike Toll House

HER Number

4078

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Throckley Turnpike Toll House

Place

Benwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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 on the Newcastle to Carlisle road is not shown on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

421920

Northing

564710

Grid Reference

NZ421920564710

Sources

<< HER 4078 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97