Newcastle to Durham Road

HER Number

4125

District

Gateshead and Newcastle

Site Name

Newcastle to Durham Road

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

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

The Road from Newcastle to Durham appears on historic maps including the early Ordnance Survey series.

Easting

426500

Northing

557820

Grid Reference

NZ426500557820

Sources

<< HER 4125 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 18