Stretton Tollhouse
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Stretton Tollhouse
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 23 May 2015
Now in a dilapidated state, tolls would have been collected here in the nineteenth century from travellers on the road from Stretton to Brinkley. The toll-board, listing the toll charges, would have been mounted in the recess that looks like a blanked off window.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.436396
Longitude
-1.326548