Gateshead to South Shields Road
Gateshead to South Shields Road
HER Number
2287
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Gateshead to South Shields Road
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Toll Road
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Toll Road from Gateshead to South Shields which ran at least some of its length along the line of the Wrekendyke. Related sites included Jarrow Slake Turnpike (HER ref. 2291), Primrose Bridge (HER ref. 2273), Dean Bridge (HER ref. 2376). On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, its course is unclear beyond NZ 3555 6654. Its southern end appears to have been at White Mere Pool where it joined the road to Wearmouth.
Easting
435550
Northing
566540
Grid Reference
NZ435550566540
Sources
<< HER 2287 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3