Toll-gate, Hamstead Road, Handsworth

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Date:1865

Description:Toll-gate and toll-house at the Hamstead Road and Villa Road crossing, Handsworth. c1865-70. The gate was taken away in 1872 but the house was subsequently used as a private school for girls.

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1850s

Tollgates at junction of Villa Road and Hamstead Road

These Tollgates were removed in 1872. Before 1809 Hamstead Road was known as the ...

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1870s

Toll-gate in Hamstead Road, Handsworth

Toll-gate at the junction of Hamstead Road and Villa Road, Handsworth. The gate ...

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1890s

Villa Road, Handsworth

Villa Road, Handsworth, looking towards Villa Cross. The building in the centre ...

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1980s

The Old Toll Gate House, 110 Hamstead Road

This photograph of the corner of Hamstead Road and Villa Road clearly shows the ...

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