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Tag Archives: Walsall Historical Association
Road pricing – eighteenth century style
Following the interest by reader David Evans, top commenter and part-time whittler, I have acquired through the generous and covert use of a photocopier, a fine, nearly lost work on the toll roads and of Walsall. Sadly, this doesn’t cover … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged 1800's, 1850, Anchor Bridge, Brownhills, Brownhills common, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Past, Clayhanger, Dick Turpin, highwaymen, J W Griffin Limited, Local History, Shire Oak, Staffordshire, The Story of Walsall Turnpike Roads and Tollgates, toll, toll gate, turnpike, W F Blay, Walsall Historical Association
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