Yes
Posted by Caroline on June 30, 1998 at 08:44:19:
In response to Posts and Tolls, written by RogerV on June 30, 1998 at 00:32:48
] Also, if you're doing research on the costs of travel, there were numerous tolls to pay at turnpikes and bridges. I know that at one time parishes were responsible for maintaining their own roads, but I do not know if the parish collected the tolls, though I THINK in some cases roads were acutally built and maintained by private companies, but again I don't have any specific information.
] Can anyone shed some more light on this?
Yes, I've just got a book on this very subject, on which I was trying to write a short review. As usual, the real world is gettting in the way......give me a few days, will you?
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