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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2189 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former site of toll house, Folkestone Road, Dover |
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Summary
In 1783 the present Folkestone Road, running west out of Dover, was laid as a toll road. The tollhouse was located on a triangular plot of land at the junction of Folkestone Road with the then Elms Road, now Elms Vale Road. The turnpike continued until 1877 and is visible on the first edition OS map of the town. (location accurate to the nearest 10m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3071 4116 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOLL HOUSE (Demolished, Post Medieval - 1783 AD to 1877 AD)
Full description
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Originally the main routes from the west into dover would have been over the cliffs to Shakespeare Cliff, across to the Western Heights and entering the town through the Cow Gate or along (Old) Folkestone Road via Limekiln Street (which was a turnpike). By the later 18th century these routes were becoming increasingly impassable and so in 1783 the present Folkestone Road, running west out of Dover, was laid as a toll road. The tollhouse was located on a triangular plot of land at the junction of Folkestone Road with the then Elms Road, now Elms Vale Road. The turnpike continued until 1877 when the Trust applied for renewal to Parliament but a large body of Dover petitioners successfully opposed the application and the tollhouse was demolished. (1-2) The toll gate is visible on the first edition OS map of the town (1862-75) but had been removed by the time the second edition had been surveyed (1897-1900). (3-4)
<1> Lorraine Sencicle, 2014, The Dover Historian - Turnpikes – an important part of Dover’s Road network (Website). SKE51695.
<2> Dover District Council, 2013, Dover District Heritage Strategy (Bibliographic reference). SKE31372.
<3> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.
<4> Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Website: Lorraine Sencicle. 2014. The Dover Historian - Turnpikes – an important part of Dover’s Road network. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Dover District Council. 2013. Dover District Heritage Strategy. |
| <3>XY | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1. [Mapped feature: #99594 Toll House, ] |
| <4> | Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2. |
