Hardcastle
Crags, Yorkshire
Photo
courtesy Ebony B
Old toll road sign at National Tust property: Gibson Mill, Hardcastle
Crags, West Yorkshire:
'PRIVATE
ROAD
TOLL CHARGES
HORSES
& VEHICLES 6D.
HORSE & VEHICLE 3D.
HORSE OR
COW 1D.
PIG OR SHEEP 1/2D
PER HEAD
MOTOR
VEHICLES 6D.
MOTORBIKE 3D'
This 19th
century water-powered cotton
mill was one of the first powered
mills built at the start of the industrial revolution.
Compare this sign with the 'Table of Tolls' on our Ironbridge Gorge page.
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