Toll House, Kelso Bridge
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Toll House, Kelso Bridge
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 31 Jul 2020
The bridge over the Tweed replaced an earlier stone bridge which was damaged by flooding in 1797. Its replacement was built under the direction of John Rennie and opened in 1803, with tolls ranging from 6 shillings for a vehicle drawn by 6 horses to a halfpenny for a pedestrian. As time went by, resentment against the tolls grew until in 1854 a mob tossed the toll gate into the river. Tolls were annulled in 1857. (Source: 'Bridging the Tweed' by Jim Lyon, author publication 2019).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.5958
Longitude
-2.433018