
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Toll House This toll house, built about 1870, reputedly replaced an earlier toll house controlling both the Greenfield to Shepley Lane Head Turnpike and the Huddersfield to Woodhead Turnpike. Recorded plaque organisation: Holme Valley Civic Society.
The Toll House served as a crucial collection point for turnpike road taxes, managing traffic on two important routes in the 19th century, reflecting the development of road infrastructure and toll systems in England.
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Photo: Betty Longbottom on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0