Information for record number MWA2052:
Site of Toll House 300mW of Leasowes Farm

Summary The site of toll house, where travellers paid a toll to use a toll road during the Imperial period. The toll house was located on the west side of Shear Hog Plantation.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Pillerton Priors
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 47
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Tollgate recorded.
2 There is now no visible trace.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Mills Estate Map
Author/originator:
Date: 1817
Page Number: Z194(U)
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JC
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2012
   
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Glossary

 
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. 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
monument PLANTATION * A group of planted trees or shrubs, generally of uniform age and of a single species. back

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