Turnpike Road from Polesworth to Austrey

Description of this historic site

A toll road whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was built in the late post-medieval period and ran between Polesworth and Austrey.

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Notes about this historic site

1 A turnpike road established between 1725-50.

  • For the sources of these notes, see the
  • Timetrail record
  • produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Locations
Austrey (19)
Polesworth (220)
Subjects
Streets, Roads, and Railway Tracks (349)
Time periods
Post-Medieval - 1540-1750 (1473)
Alternative reference number
MWA4801

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