Information for record number MWA3613:
Site of Toll Gate S end of Bawnmore Road, Rugby

Summary The site of a toll gate, where travellers would pay a toll to use a toll road during the Imperial period. The toll gate is marked on a tithe map of 1840. It was situated towards the southern end of Bawnmore Road, Rugby.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll Gate
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 49 72
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Shown clearly in this position with the toll house to the north on the 1840 tithe map. It is reported as occupied in 1840 by William Curtis.
2 "Toll gates were located at "Bilton Fields" near the junction of the present Bawnmore Road."
3 The site is now occupied by Road verges and private gardens. There is no evidence of a Toll gate.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Rugby as it was
Author/originator: RLHRG
Date:
Page Number: 12
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Tithe map
Author/originator:
Date: 1840
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Kilburn C D
Date: 1983
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 3182
   
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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 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 FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TOLL GATE * A gate on a toll road where travellers had to pay a toll to the toll-keeper. back

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