Old photograph of a Toll House on the road to Inverness, Scotland. Toll houses emerged with the Turnpike Trusts, established by Acts of Parliament to build and maintain better roads from the middle of the 18th century, replacing poor tracks. Function: They housed the toll collector, or keeper, who collected fees (tolls) 24/7 from users including; carriages, animals, and pedestrians to recoup road construction costs.
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