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.
1851 | (Census) William Millburn, tenant |
1855 | (Crosthwaite Church records) William and Eleanor Millburn baptised three children at Crosthwaite |
1877 | John Moon, tenant |
1878 | (Westmorland Gazette report) Mr Moon of Savin Hill injured in sandpit. Lost a leg and fingers excavating sand for work on Crosthwaite Church |
1880 | Mr Strickland tenant |
1881 | George Woof tenant |
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 |
1901 | (Census) William James tenant |
1907 | (Westmorland Gazette advert 20 April) for sale, William James will show |
1912 | (Westmorland Gazette advert 30 January ) M B Hodgson will sell by auction, 1 cow, hay, implements and furniture for Miss Noble |
1930s | Walter and Margaret Millburn – two sons Walter and Edward, tenants |
1940s | Walter Millburn doing war service. His wife and her sister Grace managed the estate – 1 cow |
1946 | Walter Millburn, gamekeeper on Whitbarrow for the Scott family of Windermere (Matson Ground) |
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). |
1960s | Millburns left Toll Bar and went to live in Levens. |
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. |
2010 | Toll Bar Cottage – Mr Nick Aubrey demolished the existing cottage and built a completely new house and garage. |
2010 | The Barn (renamed Owl Cottage) – Michelle Partington occupant (Savin Hill Meat Products) |