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toll house castle bromwich 1965

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here was a tollgate at the junction of Chester Road, School Lane and Old Croft Lane, near the village green.on the

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Plans in 1825 were suggested for a toll house and toll gate on the Castle Bromwich branch of road at a convenient place, between Denbigh Castle, where the road turns off for Coleshill and Stone Bridge

1857 think the tolls were collected by Elizabeth Wright.

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The first turnpike act was passed in 1663 but it was not until the next century that large numbers of toll roads were set up. Most of the country’s major roads had been turnpiked by 1750. The tollhouse at Castle Bromwich was probably a simple structure like this one at the Weald & Downland Open Museum, Chichester.1768810794958.png
 
There was some form of 'gate' with a 'Gatekeeper' and with a 'Turnpike House' situated on the Castle Bromwich turnpike road in 1768. Perhaps this was either a different gate or an earlier gate of that in post #9. Screenshot_20260119_101017_Chrome.jpg
Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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