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Latitude: 52.8661 / 52°51'57"N
Longitude: -1.3403 / 1°20'25"W
OS Eastings: 444505
OS Northings: 330048
OS Grid: SK445300
Mapcode National: GBR 7H4.9Y5
Mapcode Global: WHDH8.C7Z4
Plus Code: 9C4WVM85+CV
Entry Name: Toll Sign at Sk 445 300
Listing Date: 11 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1088365
English Heritage Legacy ID: 83170
Location: Shardlow and Great Wilne, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, DE72
County: Derbyshire
Civil Parish: Shardlow and Great Wilne
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: Shardlow and Great Wilne St James
Church of England Diocese: Derby
SK 44 30 PARISH OF SHARDLOW AND GREAT WILNE LONDON ROAD
7/186 (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: SK4450530048
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