Butter Row Gate tolls

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The photograph on this page of Butter Row Gate tolls by David Gruar as part of the Geograph project.

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Butter Row Gate tolls

Image: © David Gruar Taken: 22 Oct 2006

A close-up of the table of tolls formerly charged on this route. Landaus, barouches, marine calashes and droves of hogs are a somewhat rarer sight these days than they evidently were in the 1750s.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.734522
Longitude
-2.209921