Information for record number MWA2114:
Post Medieval Toll House on Stratford Road, Tredington

Summary A toll house, where travellers would have paid a toll to use a toll road during the Post Medieval period. It is located 300m north west of Roundham Spinney.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll House
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tredington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 42
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The Shipston section of the turnpike was constructed in 1729-30. A turnpike cottage was built at the Honington turn.
2 It is a two-storeyed brick building with stone facing in part. It has a tiled roof and there are drip-moulds over doors and windows.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Soliloquies of Old Shipston
Author/originator: Drinkwater P
Date: 1979
Page Number: 65-55
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2272
   
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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 Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. 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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