Turnpikes
GNR_20202023-03-31T11:34:27+00:00The first turnpike in the country introduced charges to a section of the Old North Road. Over the next 100 years turnpikes were introduced the length of...
John Nevison – Highwayman
GNR_20202023-06-27T17:24:38+00:00John Nevison was one of the most infamous highwaymen operating along the Great North Road. His gang of outlaws met at the Talbot Inn at Newark and robbed...
Ogilby’s Britannia
GNR_20202021-12-04T15:51:23+00:00John Ogilby published an early road atlas of England and Wales. Each of his chosen roads was displayed in linear form. The route from London to Barwick....
History of The Post
GNR_20202024-02-05T14:45:03+00:00The Great North Road developed as a means of faster and more frequent transport of people and goods, but it was the needs of the emerging postal service that....