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

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1880s

Baptist Church, Hamstead Road

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1980s

The Old Toll Gate House, 110 Hamstead Road

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