Rowlands Gill to Burnopfield Road

HER Number

3583

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Rowlands Gill to Burnopfield Road

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a possible Toll Road from Rowlands Gill Turnpike (HER ref. 3581) to Burnopfield. It left the county where it crossed the Derwent Bridge (HER ref. 3536).

Easting

416820

Northing

558590

Grid Reference

NZ416820558590

Sources

<< HER 3583 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6