Toll board

This toll board displays the charges for goods transported on Exeter canal and reveals the extensive range of goods that were imported through Exeter. These include items as diverse as coffee, chimney pots, beaver skins and ladder poles.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
59/1921
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Material
woodpigmentvarnish
Common Name
toll board
Simple Name
toll board
Period Classification
George IV (1820-1830)
Production Date
1829

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table of tonnage and tolls, Exeter Canal, 1829