The Toll Houses of Anglesey,
North Wales.
The Toll House Tariff at Llanfair P.G.
Thomas Telford designed and supervised the building of the
Menai Suspension Bridge,
and the road from Holyhead on Anglesey to
London. The bridge took from 1818 - 1826 to build. As a
means of recuperating some of the money there were five toll
gates,
each with a toll house, that were erected at approximately
five
mile intervals between the Menai Suspension Bridge and Holyhead.
The
first toll point was of course at the bridge itself, this
is no longer in evidence. The toll houses still remain today
at Llanfair
Pwllgwyngyll, Gwalchmai, Caergeiliog
(now a private dwelling), and at Holyhead. The
toll house at Holyhead has been moved - stone by stone - back
from the road just tens of
feet
away,
and is now a cafe. They all appear to have been built at
a point
where another road meets the `new` London to Holyhead road
on Anglesey. Click on an image below to see full size.
The Toll House in Caergeiliog on Anglesey
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The Toll House near Mona and Gwalchmai - now a private
residence
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The Toll House in Holyhead - now a cafe
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The Toll House in Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll on Anglesey
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