Old Toll Houses of the UK |
When we approach a toll booth at a bridge or turnpike today, it's hard to imagine that, instead, there were once toll houses, where the toll house keeper and his family lived. Preservationists in the United Kingdom have done excellent work in saving many of these historic houses. In the photos above, we see two views of the Stanton Drew Turnpike toll house in North East Somerset, Great Britain; the photo on the right was taken in the early 1900's. There's still a hook by the front door that once held a pouch where coach drivers used to place their toll money. |
Toll house at the River Perry, Shrewsbury, Great Britain |
The following five sketches were drawn in 1909 by S. Adye. They represent toll houses in the vicinity of the town of Swindon in southwest England. |
Toll house at St. Fagans, Wales |
Toll house at Findon, West Sussex, Great Britain, ca. 1973 |
At the River Aire, Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, Great Britain |
Toll house at Somerset, Great Britain |
Calver, Derbyshire, Great Britain |
Above, toll house at the River Menalhyl, Cornwall, Great Britain; right, toll house at Crieff, Scotland. |
Caergeiliog on Anglesy, North Wales |
Above, Gwalchmai, North Wales; |
right, Holyhead, North Wales |
Terriers Village, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain |
Photos on this page are courtesy of: Swindon Local Studies Collection, Geograph British Isles, This is Findon Village, Pictures of St. Fagans, Blinko Family Scrapbook, Explore Crieff, Toll Houses of Anglesey, Richerman at Wikipedia Commons, Bitton Families: Stanton Drew |
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