Scotswood Bridge, Toll House

HER Number:
4306

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Scotswood Bridge, Toll House

Place:
Scotswood

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:
Opened in 1831, the tollhouse building for Scotswood Bridge, located on the north bank of the River Tyne, is identified on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey mapping. A photograph from the Newcastle Photo Archive dating to the 1860s looks south across the Tyne towards the bridge shows the toll house buildings. Tolling of the Scotswood Bridge ended in the late 1940s and the toll house was demolished in the late 1960s as part of the construction of the current Scotswood Bridge.

Easting:
420050

Northing:
563740

Grid Reference:
NZ420050563740

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4306 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1899, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 97, NW Correspondence from I. Farrier - Newcastle Photo Archive