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HER Number:MDV60399
Name:Toll House, South Street, Exeter

Summary

There is an extant toll house on the Exeter and Axminster Road at "Quay Lane Junction".

Location

Grid Reference:SX 92 92
Map Sheet:SX99SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHoniton
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishHONITON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SE/6/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • TOLL HOUSE (Unknown date)

Full description

National Monuments Record, ST10SE28 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV350352.

There is an extant toll house on the Exeter and Axminster Road at "Honiton, Quay Lane Junction". Honiton toll houses were built under the paving act of 1790, although there had been an earlier turnpike trust beginning in 1754. They continued in use until 1910.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Map object also based on this source.

Sheldon, L., 1933, Devon Toll-Houses., 297, 305. (Article in Serial). SDV341560.

There is an extant toll house on the Exeter and Axminster Road at "Honiton, Quay Lane Junction". Honiton toll houses were built under the paving act of 1790, although there had been an earlier turnpike trust beginning in 1754. They continued in use until 1910.

Kanefsky, J., 1976, Devon Tollhouses (Monograph). SDV7980.

The only Quay Lane on this road west of Honiton was at Exeter, at SX920920, where it led down to a junction with the River Exe quayside, before recent redevelopment.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV341560Article in Serial: Sheldon, L.. 1933. Devon Toll-Houses.. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 65. A5 Hardback. 297, 305..
SDV350352National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. ST10SE28. National Monuments Record. Unknown.
SDV7980Monograph: Kanefsky, J.. 1976. Devon Tollhouses. Devon Tollhouses. A5 Paperback. [Mapped feature: #38590 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 3 2023 9:01AM