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Kingsholm Turnpike House (author’s image)

Familiar to all Kingsholm residents, this is the Old Turnpike House which is now a Grade II listed building.  It was built on the Kingsholm road in 1822, to cover the Sandhurst and Longford routes.  Prior to this toll house was nearer the Alvin Gate. The new toll house displaced the manorial stray animals pound which was moved to Gallows Lane (now known as Denmark Road).  Tolls at the turnpike were as follows: horses were charged at ld each, except when they were drawing-a carriage, when they were charged at 3d.  Cattle were charged at 10d per score, and calves, pigs and sheep at 5d per score.  As on most other turnpike roads, wide wheeled wagons were generally charged less than those with narrow wheels, as the latter tended to cut into the road surface, while the wide wheeled waggons compressed the road and made it firmer. There were also certain exemptions from toll, including the local movement of animals and farm waggons, and waggons carrying road building materials.  The Trust was wound up in 1871, when the County Council took over the highways.