2006
NZ0042 : Whitelee Toll Bar
taken 18 years ago, 3 km from Crawleyside, County Durham, England
Whitelee Toll Bar
The foundations of the old toll house on the Shotley-Stanhope turnpike, now the B6278 north of Stanhope. This was kept by John and Dorothy Coulson for many decades. Certainly they were there by 1841 and raised a large family at this bleak spot, 425m AOD. John worked as "road master" for the toll road company and Dorothy as a toll collector. They must have been tough; Dorothy died in 1855 aged about 72 and John in 1866 aged about 83. At the age of 78 he was still listing his occupation as "turnpike road repairer".
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