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toll house castle bromwich 1965
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The same photo with a helpful caption was put onto the Toll Houses and Toll Gates thread by the late Dennis Williams in 2018.
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.
1857 think the tolls were collected by Elizabeth Wright.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
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.
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. 
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
turnpike No. 95 Old Chester Road
On the Chester Road there used to be a tollgate. People had to pay to travel along the Chester Road.
Until the 18th century local people had to look after the roads in their parish. Few people minded paying for roads that they used themselves, but there was a lot of bad feeling about paying for long-distance travellers who were just passing through the village going from London to Chester.One of the cottages on the Chester Road opposite The Green is named Tollgate Cottage. This was not the toll house but a house built near the tollgate in the early 19th-century.
On the Chester Road there used to be a tollgate. People had to pay to travel along the Chester Road.
Until the 18th century local people had to look after the roads in their parish. Few people minded paying for roads that they used themselves, but there was a lot of bad feeling about paying for long-distance travellers who were just passing through the village going from London to Chester.One of the cottages on the Chester Road opposite The Green is named Tollgate Cottage. This was not the toll house but a house built near the tollgate in the early 19th-century.