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    • Parish council meeting minutes
    • Parish council co-option procedure
    • Community Infrastructure Levy
    • The village plan
    • Village volunteers
    • Parish council financial reports
    • Parish council policy documents
    • Report a problem
  • What’s on
  • News
  • Village life
    • Social media
    • Village hall
      • Casterton village hall – 100 club
    • Holy Trinity Church
    • Casterton WI
      • WI events programme
    • Casterton Community Hub
      • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Casterton Community Trust
      • Grants awarded and older minutes
  • Local info
    • Village maps
    • Walking between Casterton and Devil’s Bridge
    • Exploring the area
    • Public access defibrillators
    • Kirkby Lonsdale Community Cupboard
    • Volunteer Driver Scheme
  • Our history
    • ‘Sketches of Casterton’ history blog
    • Casterton’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee History Trail
    • The History of Casterton WI
    • Reminiscences by William Makinson
      • Reminiscences by William Makinson part 1
      • Reminiscences by William Makinson part 2
    • The men of Casterton who fought in WWI
    • A Westmorland Village School 1947-53
    • Our ‘Green Streets Award’ 2009
    • Casterton Grange
    • The 2018 history exhibition

Daily Archives: 25 Apr 2023

Toll Bar Cottage C 1887 from Magic Lantern Slide Series Ingleton and its Waterfalls

A Sketch of the Turnpike Road after 1825 and Toll Bar Cottage

HistoryBy Simon Drakeford25 Apr 2023Leave a comment

Introduction Last month’s Sketch examined the history of the Turnpike Road in Casterton from when the Trust was first established in 1762 until the year before an Act of Parliament was passed in 1826 which inter alia legislated that a Toll Gate should be established in Casterton. I am indebted to the previous research by…

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