Gosforth Turnpike Toll House

HER Number

4016

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Gosforth Turnpike Toll House

Place

Coxlodge

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

Gosforth Turnpike toll house on the Newcastle to Morpeth Road is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, but not shown on the 2nd edition map, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1895.

Easting

424410

Northing

568190

Grid Reference

NZ424410568190

Sources

<< HER 4016 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88