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Pershore road toll house
- Thread starter mikejee
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john knight
signman
Hi Mike, Pershore Road as you probably know is a long road, starting at Belgave middleway and ending at Kings Norton green,no idea where this was, but being a toll house
probably towards the end of the road, is it definatley Birmingham ?.
There is a Toll House Rd. off the Lickey Rd. just past Longbridge island.
Regards John.
probably towards the end of the road, is it definatley Birmingham ?.
There is a Toll House Rd. off the Lickey Rd. just past Longbridge island.
Regards John.
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi Mike: Do you think that this reference of the King's Norton History site of a Toll House at 288 Pershore Road
might be the one? Scroll down a few paras until you see the words SCHOOL MASTERS house. I couldn't copy
this paragraph for some reason. After midnight here better go off line. https://www.riverreatrail.org.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=47
might be the one? Scroll down a few paras until you see the words SCHOOL MASTERS house. I couldn't copy
this paragraph for some reason. After midnight here better go off line. https://www.riverreatrail.org.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=47
John
All I have is what is written in the book, which does state , on the caption, Pershore road Birmingham .
Jenny
That's an interesting suggestion , but I think the tollhouse they refer to is at the junction of the stratford & worcester canals, and must be the building on the 1903 map below just south of the junction. This doesn't seem to be near a road, and there seem to be no other buildings close by, so i think it can't be there.
mike
All I have is what is written in the book, which does state , on the caption, Pershore road Birmingham .
Jenny
That's an interesting suggestion , but I think the tollhouse they refer to is at the junction of the stratford & worcester canals, and must be the building on the 1903 map below just south of the junction. This doesn't seem to be near a road, and there seem to be no other buildings close by, so i think it can't be there.
mike
john knight
signman
Mike I have a cassini map 1831-35 which shows T.G. at the junction with Priory Rd. I wonder if that stands for TOLL GATE.
pollypops
master brummie
I found this - it says the Birmingham to Pershore toll road had six main gates and 2 side gates
https://www.redditchhistory.com/downloads/redditchhistoryroads2fromromantonewtown.pdf
There is further info on Page 3 - use up arrow
Polly
https://www.redditchhistory.com/downloads/redditchhistoryroads2fromromantonewtown.pdf
There is further info on Page 3 - use up arrow
Polly
Hi everyone
Just saw thread on Toll House.
My wifes Gt Granfather William Henry Price lived at Tollgate Stourbridge Rd Bromsgrove in Cen 1871. He was there with his new wife Emma who had been a widow.
Her name was Emma Hall and she had a son Joseph. William also had a son Henry. Emma died 1872 and William together with Henry moved to Worcester. I dont know whether Joseph Hall stayed there.
lesg128
Just saw thread on Toll House.
My wifes Gt Granfather William Henry Price lived at Tollgate Stourbridge Rd Bromsgrove in Cen 1871. He was there with his new wife Emma who had been a widow.
Her name was Emma Hall and she had a son Joseph. William also had a son Henry. Emma died 1872 and William together with Henry moved to Worcester. I dont know whether Joseph Hall stayed there.
lesg128
Mike Fisher
Billesley Boy
In the 1891 census for Kings Norton Village a relative of mine Harriet Fisher unmarried age 38 gives her occupation as "turnpike duties" her father John Fisher been the steam tug engine driver. (replacing the Fisher ancestors who were leggers). Not sure the route the Pershore Rd took in those days ,was it before the New Road was opened now known as the Redditch Road.
paul stacey
master brummie
was it down near cannon hill park?