Walker Turnpike Toll House

HER Number

4182

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker Turnpike Toll House

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

Walker Turnpike toll house and gate on the Newcastle to North Shields Road appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of the area but is not shown on the 2nd edition plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895.

Easting

428330

Northing

565680

Grid Reference

NZ428330565680

Sources

<< HER 4182 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 98