Information for record number MWA1545:
Toll House at Captain's Hill, Alcester

Summary A toll house where travellers payed the toll for using the toll road. It was in use during the Imperial period and is shown on a map of 1822. The toll house was situated at Captain's Hill, Alcester.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kinwarton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 09 58
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 The tollhouse is marked on Greenwood's map of 1822 but not on the OS 1830. It might be the present 2 storey brick cottage on Kinwarton Road.
 
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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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. 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 TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back

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