Description:This board formed part of the Notice of Tolls at Stonnall Gate on the turnpiked Old Chester Road, now the A452. The road was turnpiked in the 1760s.
The inscription, which is hand painted on board, reads:
"STONNALL GATE
For every Horse or any other Beast
drawing any Coach Chaise Gig or any other such Carriage the sum of
Waggon Wain Cart or other such Carriage with
Wheels the breadth of 6 inches the sum of
With wheels of the breadth of 4 1/2 inches the sum of
With wheels of less breadth than 4 1/2 inches the sum of
Half the above toll payable by Oxen or Neat Cattle drawing
For every Drove of Oxen or Neat Cattle, p' Score
Foe every Drove of Calves, Hogs, Sheep, or Lambs, p' Score
CASTLE-BROMWICH and HOLLAWAY BROOK Gates
RICHARD SADLER Clerk to the Commissioners."