Looking back to Rutherend Toll junction on the A726
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Looking back to Rutherend Toll junction on the A726
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 5 Sep 2018
I have failed to find a reason for the "Toll" name here. Current OS 25,000 mapping names it thus but not 50,000. Looking back to late 19th century OS mapping, when a toll might just have been in place, the road junction is named simply "Rutherend". The corner is known locally as "Rutherend Toll".
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