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Key Words :- toll

Address :- Kew, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 1920 7771
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.485788 , Long -0.284655
Local Authority :- Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Surrey
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1872 -

Description and History of Site:-
The old toll-house, now a private house, was built in 1872.

Replaced by the present PLA toll house in the 1920s or 30s.

Nearby are some rows of two-storey terraced artisans' cottages of the 1870s/80s; also Old Dock Close built on the filled-in dock which served the Kew Parish Wharf.


Further Reading and References:-
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