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« on: Sunday 03 April 11 18:56 BST (UK) »
I'm trying to find the location of 'Butcher house toll bar'. I think it was somewhere near Thirsk. My ggg grandfather was tollgate keeper there in 1838. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 05 April 11 19:55 BST (UK) »
you can search for Toll Bars on the historical directories site:

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp

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Cooks -(Clackmannanshire); Erskines - (fife); Youngs - (Dunfermline); Charltons - (Tyneside ); Skillings - (N.Norfolk); Legg - (N.Yorks, Tyneside) ; Carter - (Durham); Miller -(suffolk); Pattinson -(Lincs)

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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 05 April 11 23:04 BST (UK) »
No luck yet but that is a very very useful site. Thanks Diddy

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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 05 April 11 23:42 BST (UK) »
Just tried different combinations in to google and an entry comes up when you put butcher house thirsk, it comes as borrowby thirsk. The maps not up to much but if you persevere may be you can get closer.  I notice some parts in the country have an area called tollbar.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 April 11 17:37 BST (UK) »
Thanks weste,
No luck with Borrowby, it looks lke butcher house there is a farm. I've finally traced it to Kirklington some miles South West of Borrowby on the A1, seems it was on the crossroads of Leeming Lane (A1) and the Masham to Thirsk turnpike. got there in the end! Thanks anyway,
Joe.
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