Description

SK 44 30
7/186

PARISH OF SHARDLOW AND GREAT WILNE
LONDON ROAD
(South Side)
Toll Sign at SK 445 300

II

Toll sign. 1758, re-positioned in 1960. Slate and ashlar.
Triangular shaped slate sign, set on ashlar wall with stone
copings. Brass plaque attached to the wall is inscribed 'Scale
of charges taken from the toll house of the Old Cavendish
Bridge, built 1758 and washed away in 1947. Re-erected in this
position by the County Councils of Derby and Leicester in 1960'.
Slate plaque above has incised painted lettering with carved
patterns to either side. The inscription starts 'Tolls taken at
the BRIDGE by Virtue of an Act of Parliament, being the same
that were taken at the Ferry vis ...' and lists the charges
below for every type of vehicle, foot passenger and animal.

Listing NGR: SK4451430047

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380725

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