Roadway for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage

concept

A turnpike in a road outside a large house: a young woman approaches it and is acknowledged by a man in a top hat. Colour lithograph.

A couple on horseback and a young child on a pony are stopped at a gate by a farmer who points at a tollgate sign pinned to the fence. Process print after Fred Branston after W. Harvey.

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Toll roads

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Images about Toll roads

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A turnpike in a road outside a large house: a young woman approaches it and is acknowledged by a man in a top hat. Colour lithograph.

A couple on horseback and a young child on a pony are stopped at a gate by a farmer who points at a tollgate sign pinned to the fence. Process print after Fred Branston after W. Harvey.

A couple on horseback and a young child on a pony are stopped at a gate by a farmer who points at a tollgate sign pinned to the fence. Process print after Fred Branston after W. Harvey.