Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Old toll-gate, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, as it would have appeared in 1870 (from a 1954 illustration). The gate was erected in 1830 when the turnpike road was opened from Perry Barr to the Old Walsall ...
Birchfield Road, Perry Barr
Old toll-gate, Birchfield Road, Perry Barr. Erected in 1830 when the road to Great Barr was turnpiked, the gate was removed in 1879. (This is the caption to WK P3 0070a.)
Five Ways Gate by Henry Harris Lines
Eight different members of the Lines family have been recorded as having artistic ability. Several of them produced landscape drawings with great skill and sensitivity. These included Samuel Lines Senior, ...
Hamstead Road Toll-gate and Toll-house
The toll-gate and toll-house, Hamstead Road, Handsworth, at the Villa Road junction. A large lamp and the table of tolls are on the side of the house facing the gate, which stands wide open for a man ...
Perry Barr Toll-gate
In 1831 a turnpike road to Walsall was made which incorporated Birchfield Road. A toll-gate was erected across the road near the junction with Aston Lane and Wellington Road. This toll-gate was finally ...
The Old Toll Gate House, 110 Hamstead Road
This photograph of the corner of Hamstead Road and Villa Road clearly shows the black and white building now known as the Old Toll Gate House. It was built near the site of the old toll gates which were ...
The Old Toll Gate House, 110 Hamstead Road
This photograph clearly shows the black and white building now known as the Old Toll Gate House which is on the corner of Hamstead Road and Villa Road . It was built near the site of the old toll gates ...
Toll Gate and Rose Hill House
Rose Hill House occupied a site at the corner of Soho Road and Rose Hill Road, opposite the former Methodist chapel. It was the residence of William Creighton who was an engineer employed at the Soho ...
Toll Gates on Hamstead and Villa Road
Watercolour sketch of the toll gates. This sketch was made in 1872, the year of the gates removal, and is copied from a contemporary photograph. The gates were originally installed in 1727. The house ...
Toll-gate in Hamstead Road, Handsworth
Toll-gate at the junction of Hamstead Road and Villa Road, Handsworth. The gate was removed in 1872 and the house subsequently used as a girls' school.
Tollgates at junction of Villa Road and Hamstead Road
These Tollgates were removed in 1872. Before 1809 Hamstead Road was known as the Old Walsall Road.