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Pontage was a toll
levied for the
building or
repair of
bridges dating to the
medieval era in England,
Wales and Ireland.
Pontage was
similar in nature...
- two more are 74 feet (23 m) and the land-arches are 20 feet (6 m). The
pontage was
abolished in 1879. The
bridge was
built between 1805 and 1809 by Thomas...
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before 1252, when the
bailiff and men of the town
received a
grant of
pontage for one year
towards its repairs.
Several similar grants followed, the...
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Straker 1953
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Moore 1954
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collapsed in 1228,
killing a
group of
Crusaders who were crossing. That year,
pontage was granted, a toll for
crossing the bridge, to fund repairs. A replacement...
- the
bridge repairs that
followed floods, as the cost of
these repairs or
pontage had to be
raised by
borrowing money and
charging a
local toll. The largest...
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bridge brought military advantage in
times of
unrest and
excise duty, or
pontage dues, in peacetime.
Unsurprisingly excise men were
installed in a covered...
- crossing. Also
during the 13th century,
there were
renewals of the
grant of
pontage and, in 1376,
tolls were
levied on boat
traffic to
provide additional funds...
- was
stopped that
Gravesend paid to the
lords of
Cobham a
yearly sum (a
pontage) for the use of the
landing stage on the
River Thames.
Cobham Hall was...
