Detail View: SHIMMER: Tollhouse
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Title:
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Tollhouse
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Creation Date:
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1771
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Image Date:
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2013
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Period:
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18th century
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Location:
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Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
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Country:
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WALES, UK
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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14-0048
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Description:
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Exterior detail of the Tollhouse at St Fagans Natural History Museum. Board with toll charges on exterior of building. It was dismantled and moved here in 1962 from Penparcau on the outskirts of Aberystwyth. A one room building used for collecting tolls from road users. It opened in 1772 and closed for toll gathering in 1889, it was used as a private house between 1890 and 1960.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Related Information:
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Penparcau Tollhouse. For more information see also < http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/stfagans/buildings/tollhouse/ > .
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Subject Heading:
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Open-air museums -- Wales
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Subject Heading:
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Toll roads
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Subject Heading:
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Tollhouses
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Wales
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