Monument record 0200700000 - Terriers toll house

Summary

Site of eighteenth and nineteenth century turnpike gate and toll house on the Hatfield to Reading turnpike road at Terriers.

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Type and Period (2)

  • TOLL GATE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)
  • TOLL HOUSE (Built 1822, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

MARKED AT NGR (B1).
SAID LOCALLY THAT TURNPIKE GATE SET UP AT TERRIERS TO CATCH THOSE AVOIDING PAYING AT HAZELMERE. NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE TERRIERS TURNPIKE WAS A REPLACEMENT OR ADDITION. ACCORDING TO MR GORDON DREW (WHOSE GRANDFATHER OWNED TOLL HOUSE) THE TOLL HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1822 BY THE CARRINGTONS, WHOSE CREST WAS ON THE STONE LINTEL. OLD DOORSTEPS & FLAGSTONES REMAIN UNDER THE PRESENT A404 ROAD (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC10127 Map: OS 1874/83 1:10560 1ST EDITION MAP.
  • <2>SBC14958 Verbal communication: C E Stuart King & Brenda Easterbrook. 1974. PERS COMM TO M E FARLEY (BCM), MAY 1974.

Location

Grid reference SU 87904 94757 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2017 12:28PM

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