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Gateshead - Hexham Turnpike Road


"The Gateshead - Hexham Turnpike, constructed in 1776/7, came from Gateshead via the bridge at Swalwell, to the brickworks at Blaydon Burn, from where it ran up Summerhill Bank to Path Head and then onto Ryton. Typical tolls would be 1/2d for pedestrians, 2s for vehicles drawn by six horses, 9d for vehicles drawn by two horses, and 3d per score for every drove of cows, hogs, goats or sheep. People travelling to church on Sundays were exempt from charges, also when travelling to funerals or visiting the sick. There were nine toll bars on the Gateshead - Hexham Turnpike, including one at Crawcrook. The road left the county at Stanleyburn Bridge..." (Sitelines)

Turnpike Roads Old Bridge End Cottage Stanleyburn Bridge Old Derwent Bridge
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Tyne and Wear HER(3628): Gateshead, Gateshead to Hexham Road
- "In 1663 an Act of Parliament was passed to permit parishes responsible for roads that passed through them to collect money from travellers to be spent on the upkeep of …
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Old Derwent Bridge
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Old Derwent Bridge
- Overview Map Street View The stone bridge over the River Derwent at Swalwell was built in c.1779 for the Gateshead - Hexham Turnpike road.[1] It is known as the Clavering …
Old Bridge End Cottage
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Old Bridge End Cottage
- Former toll house for the bridge 
Stanleyburn Bridge
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Stanleyburn Bridge

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