The Bar House, Pool Bank
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The Bar House, Pool Bank
Image: © Gordon Hatton Taken: 27 Jan 2009
A toll bar dating from the days of the turnpike road, but the question is which of these roads was the turnpike in the 18th century? The main road [A660 right] was built to replace the Old Otley Road which is further to the SW. The minor road [left] is Old Pool Bank, but was this a turnpike on the route from Dudley Hill in Bradford to Killinghall, or was the turnpike the current A658 further east? Perhaps someone out there knows the answer. Just visible over the right hand end of the Bar House is the abutment of a bridge that once carried a tramway over the main road, linking quarries at SE233433 and SE242434 with the railway at Pool station [SE248437]. A visitor to the website has reminded me that the current A658 Bradford to Pool road was the line of the Dudley Hill and Killinhall turnpike, so this toll house at Chain Bar was on the Leeds to Skipton route.
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Image Location
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53.894784
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-1.639628