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Toll Bar Cottage.
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This small cottage was built in 1847, and had 3 acres of land plus a small field rented from the County Council (Savin Hill Quarry). The cottage had a toll gate and charged a fee for the use of the road belonging to the cottage owned by the Turner family.
Tenants and Owners
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1851 |
(Census) William Millburn, tenant |
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1855 |
(Crosthwaite Church records) William and Eleanor Millburn baptised three children at Crosthwaite |
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1877 |
John Moon, tenant |
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1878 |
(Westmorland Gazette report) Mr Moon of Savin Hill injured in sandpit. Lost a leg and fingers excavating sand for work on Crosthwaite Church |
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1880 |
Mr Strickland tenant |
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1881 |
George Woof tenant |
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1897 |
(Westmorland Gazette advert) to let spring 1898, tenant William Belton. Rent now £18 would accept £12. Tenant to repair road, owner Mrs E Turner |
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1901 |
(Census) William James tenant |
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1907 |
(Westmorland Gazette advert 20 April) for sale, William James will show |
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1912 |
(Westmorland Gazette advert 30 January ) M B Hodgson will sell by auction, 1 cow, hay, implements and furniture for Miss Noble |
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1930s |
Walter and Margaret Millburn – two sons Walter and Edward, tenants |
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1940s |
Walter Millburn doing war service. His wife and her sister Grace managed the estate – 1 cow |
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1946 |
Walter Millburn, gamekeeper on Whitbarrow for the Scott family of Windermere (Matson Ground) |
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Late 1950s |
Toll road was taken over by the Council. Toll charges dropped (were three pence for a horse and cart, a farthing for a sheep, halfpenny for a cow or horse and one shilling for a car). |
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1960s |
Millburns left Toll Bar and went to live in Levens. |
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1960s |
Trustees of the Turner Charity which were the Vicar, H Trotter Senior and Ernest Dobson, sold Toll Bar to Mr Wilkinson, an Architect. He raised the roof on the cottage and developed the under-housed barn into a dwelling. |
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2010 |
Toll Bar Cottage – Mr Nick Aubrey demolished the existing cottage and built a completely new house and garage. |
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2010 |
The Barn (renamed Owl Cottage) – Michelle Partington occupant (Savin Hill Meat Products) |
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