Benwell Turnpike Toll House

HER Number

4079

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Benwell 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

Benwell 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

422330

Northing

564610

Grid Reference

NZ422330564610

Sources

<< HER 4079 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97