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Monument record MDR12648 - Toll house and toll bar (site of), Ashover Road, Clay Cross

Type and Period (1)

  • (Georgian to Victorian - 1800 AD to 1900 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

The 1st ed. 25" OS map of c. 1880 shows a bar across the road near the entrance to Woodthorpe Hall, with a rectangular building, presumably the toll house, on the south side of the road. It is marked 'Woodthorpe TP'. (1) 'At the gates [of Woodthorpe Hall], until two years ago, stood a very old Toll-Bar, now demolished'. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Hilton, P. c. 1954. Historical Note on Woodthorpe Hall - private publication.

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Grid reference Centred SK 3835 6484 (20m by 24m)
Civil Parish CLAY CROSS, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2017 12:38PM

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