Information for record number MWA1427:
Weethley Toll House

Summary The site of Weethley Toll House, where travellers paid a toll to use a toll road during the Imperial period. The Toll House was situated 500m north east of Wood Bevington.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Weethley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 05 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Built in 1826 as a dwelling house, single storey of brick, hexagonal in shape.
2 Brick built cottage with central chimney stack and round headed windows.
3 Photographed in 1979.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Industrial Archaeology of the Lower Arrow Valley, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Saville G E
Date: 1979
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Wright S M
Date: 1979
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Volume/Sheet: PRN 1427
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Industrial Monuments Survey
Author/originator: Falconer K A
Date: 1980
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument DWELLING * Places of residence. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument TOLL HOUSE * A house by a toll gate or toll bridge where tolls are collected. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument CHIMNEY * Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. back

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