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176: 137: 114: 161: 38: 92:. In the English Midlands, a major area of 18th century canal development, most are of mellow red brick and hexagonal in plan, and tall enough to give the lock keeper a good view of local traffic on the canal. Being small, most have proved unsuitable for occupation, and so are often used as shops or tourist information outlets. 80:
in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Those built in the early 19th century often had a distinctive bay front to give the pikeman a clear view of the road and to provide a display area for the tollboard. In 1840, according to the Turnpike Returns in Parliamentary
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Papers, there were over 5,000 tollhouses operating in England. These were sold off in the 1880s when the turnpikes were closed. Many were demolished but several hundred have survived for residential or other use, with distinctive features of the old tollhouses still visible.
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or at junctions. The great age of canal-building in Britain was in the 18th century, so the majority exhibit the typical features of vernacular
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in the United States is also referred to as a "toll house" even though it is not used as a residence.
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Canal toll houses were built in very similar style to those on turnpikes. They are sited at major
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Taylor, P. (2001) The Toll-houses of Cornwall, publ. The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies. (
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Haynes, R. & Slocombe, I. (2004) Wiltshire Toll Houses, publ. Hobnob Press, Salisbury. (
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Kanefsky, J. (1976) Devon Tollhouses, Exeter Ind Arch. Group, University of Exeter (
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Jenkinson, T, Taylor, P (2009) The Toll-houses of South Devon, Polystar Press (
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Jenkinson, T, Taylor, P (2010) The Toll-houses of North Devon, Polstar Press (
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is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a
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Ward, M & A (2011) The Toll House, Medlar Press, Shropshire (
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has photographs and maps of some surviving tollhouses in Britain
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Taylor, P (2010) The Toll-houses of Essex, Polystar Press (
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Searle, M. (1930), Turnpikes and Toll-bars, publ. Hutchinson
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Toll house
Toll house (disambiguation)

Aberaeron
toll road
canal
toll bridge
turnpike trusts
canal locks
Georgian architecture
toll plazas
Toll House in Burke, Vermont. This house was home to the toll collector for the road on Burke Mountain.
Toll House
Burke, Vermont
Burke Mountain
Toll house at the Bratch Locks, Wombourne, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, circa 1772
Bratch
Wombourne
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Smethwick. What looks like a window opening on the upper floor would hold the tollboard.
Smethwick
Rogatka Grochowska in Praga-PoƂudnie
Praga-PoƂudnie
Tollkeeper's cottages in Ontario
Tholsel
tolsey
Tollbooth
Tollhouse architecture
archived
Historic England

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