Old toll house
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Old toll house
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 4 Jul 2022
At the west end of Wentworth village is this tollhouse from the 6 mile long section of the Rotherham to Barnsley tollroad, 1764-1874. After 3 miles, at Nether Haugh, the road turned westwards through the Marquis of Rockingham's estates to join the Sheffield-Barnsley-Wakefield tollroad about 1½ miles further on. This saved the expense of turnpiking a longer section of road through Brampton and Wombwell and so into Barnsley.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.480869
Longitude
-1.429321