Ticket, toll ticket

This numbered ticket or receipt was issued for cash paid at the Holloway toll-gate for access to a number of roads in north London. The ticket notes that the toll paid also authorised the holder to clear a number of other gates and roads in north London from Hampstead to Pancras.

Toll and turnpike fees were first introduced when the large-scale building and repair of roads began in the early 19th century. Acts of Parliament permitted private firms to maintain specific roads and impose charges for access. The system flourished until the 1860s when unpopularity together with the trend to centralise control over roads made it no longer tenable.