Hello all Can anyone who lives in or near Cullompton please tell me if there is any information on the Tollgate on the Tiverton Road. My husband's 3xggm Mary Ann Pearcey was the toll collector according to the 1871 census and I would be interested in further information on the place. Strangely enough this is the second person in his background to do this job. I know they were being phased out by this time and she wasn't there in 1881. Thanks Anne DFHS 6314
Hi Anne Often with toll collectors there was a toll cottage with the job, if the family lived there it's most likely that the job of toll collector remained in the family. Like wise with lock keepers on the water ways there was a lock keepers cottage with the job. Persey or variations of the spelling often turns up in my family around the Cullompton area. There are a number of ***** Persey Blackmore's in the family pedigree. Regards Terry Blackmore -----Original Message----- From: Anne Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:00 PM To: Devon List Subject: [DEV] Tollgate in Cullompton Hello all Can anyone who lives in or near Cullompton please tell me if there is any information on the Tollgate on the Tiverton Road. My husband's 3xggm Mary Ann Pearcey was the toll collector according to the 1871 census and I would be interested in further information on the place. Strangely enough this is the second person in his background to do this job. I know they were being phased out by this time and she wasn't there in 1881. Thanks Anne DFHS 6314 ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Anne I suggest that you contact the research library at Tiverton Museum for more information about this. Try research@tivertonmuseum.org.uk Regards Graham in Silverton -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne Sent: 19 November 2013 23:01 To: Devon List Subject: [DEV] Tollgate in Cullompton Hello all Can anyone who lives in or near Cullompton please tell me if there is any information on the Tollgate on the Tiverton Road. My husband's 3xggm Mary Ann Pearcey was the toll collector according to the 1871 census and I would be interested in further information on the place. Strangely enough this is the second person in his background to do this job. I know they were being phased out by this time and she wasn't there in 1881. Thanks Anne DFHS 6314 ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
You might find something about it on this website:http://www.turnpikes.org.uk/ Joy ________________________________ From: Anne <ewi70878@bigpond.net.au> To: Devon List <Devon-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 23:00 Subject: [DEV] Tollgate in Cullompton Hello all Can anyone who lives in or near Cullompton please tell me if there is any information on the Tollgate on the Tiverton Road. My husband's 3xggm Mary Ann Pearcey was the toll collector according to the 1871 census and I would be interested in further information on the place. Strangely enough this is the second person in his background to do this job. I know they were being phased out by this time and she wasn't there in 1881. Thanks Anne DFHS 6314 ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message