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Title: Steanor Bottom Toll House - DMC00365
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Title
Steanor Bottom Toll House - DMC00365
Description
This hexagonal gritstone toll house between Littleborough and Todmorden stands on a natural route through the Pennines that has been used by traders for centuries. It was erected in 1824 during the second major period of turnpike construction in West Yorkshire when a new road was built between Steanor Bottom and Littleborough. The Halifax and Todmorden Turnpike Trust first set up a toll bar in 1760 and charges were applied until 1878. A recess above the toll house door contains a replica of the tariff board, part of which reads: “For every horse, wheeled and laden or unladen and not drawing – the sum of 2d; for every other horse the sum of ½d; for every calf, sheep, lamb or swine the sum of ¼d.” In the early 1970s the building was in a dilapidated state and consideration was given to rebuilding it in York. We have to thank local conservationists for ensuring that it was restored in its open Pennine setting. The Rochdale Canal passes by only a few yards away, and running through the hill behind the toll house is George Stephenson’s Summit Tunnel opened in 1841 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
Text from: Calderdale Architecture and History.
Creator
David Martin
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - David Martin Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
DMC00365.TIF
Collection
Citation
David Martin, “Steanor Bottom Toll House - DMC00365,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/4637.
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