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Toll Bar Cottage

Key Words :- toll

Address :- 60-62 High Street, Trumpington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref :- TL 44557 54749
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.172072 , Long 0.112447
Local Authority :- Cambridge City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1331850,
Site Dates :- 1811 -

Description and History of Site:-
From the 1720s, two turnpike roads merged here: from Barkway (Hauxton Road) and Great Chesterford (Shelford Road) . The tollhouse on the west side of the High Street was built in 1811, with a weighbridge added to its right in 1863.


Further Reading and References:-
https://capturingcambridge.org/trumpington/high-street-trumpington/the-toll-house-and-weighbridge/


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