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Smethwick Cross Tollhouse blue plaque

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Smethwick Cross Tollhouse blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Smethwick Cross Tollhouse built circa 1820 This road was part of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Turnpike 1760 - 1876 Recorded plaque organisation: Smethwick Local History Society.
Smethwick Cross Tollhouse, constructed around 1820, served as a collection point for tolls on the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Turnpike, an important road that facilitated trade and travel in the industrial Black Country during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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