House History Timeline
Viewing darcypace's Georgian Detached in Trowbridge
Trowbridge appeared in the Domesday Book.
2010
June New boiler with 3 zones added
July Ridge re thatched and new tv ariell and added 2 rads to the bedrooms
2009
March
dug the trench at the front covered the pipes with tubes (stops pipe from breaking if you have foundation movement) and had 3m cubed for cement poured into the strip foundation.
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By Louise Gray
Last Updated: 6:04PM GMT 03 Mar 2009
Thatched cottages at risk from climate change
The traditional English thatched cottage is under threat because climate change is destroying existing roofs while causing a shortage of straw to replace it.
Thatch at Risk from Climate change
There are fears home owners could face fines or go to prison if they use non traditional straw for thatching Photo: PA
Thatchers say milder, moist winters with less sunshine are leading to the colonisation of roofs by algae and mosses which may, in some conditions, reduce the life expectancy of the thatch.
At the same time the wet summers mean the straw used to make the roofing is in increasingly short supply and could be prohibitively expensive.
Marjorie Sanders, head of the National Society of Master Thatchers said existing thatched roofs would suffer badly in the expected warm, mild climate predicted for Britain.
But she said replacing roofs will prove difficult as straw crops are also being badly affected by the climate. She said this year's poor harvest has already pushed up prices.
"We estimate a loss of 45 per cent of the 2008 harvest resulting in there being hardly any quality straw remaining. What straw is available has risen in price from £600 per ton this time last year to in excess of £1,600 per ton at present, both prices of course plus VAT," she said.
"We believe somewhere in the region of 35 per cent of seed of varieties of wheat remained unplanted in the autumn of 2008 which means that even assuming perfect harvesting conditions in 2009 there will still be a considerable shortfall in the thatching straw harvest".
The new Heritage Protection Bill will revise rules on managing listed buildings.
The National Society of Master Thatchers fear that new legislation will make it even more difficult to maintain thatched properties unless the rules are changed to allow different materials to be used.
Mrs Sanders said under the current rules home owners can be fined £20,000 by councils for failing to maintain a listed building properly.
She added: “At the moment home owners could be made to rethatch at a cost of £20,000 or be fined a similar amount if they are judged to have thatched incorrectly. The rules need to be made more flexible.”
However English Heritage said home owners are already allowed to use different materials.
A spokesman said: “English Heritage is also aware of the effects of the wet weather on the straw harvest in some areas, so for now, we are suggesting owners consider carrying out temporary repairs rather than complete re-covering, until the next good harvest. We support local producers by encouraging the use of local materials but our guidance on thatching is not prescriptive - both reed and straw can be valid thatching materials.”
The National Society of Master Thatchers is urging owners of thatched properties who fear future maintenance could be compromised to write to their MP and to the Minister Iain Wright asking for flexibility in the choice of thatching materials .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/4932646/Thatched-cottages-at-risk-from-climate-change.html
Feb
07.02.09 Started to dig the foundations for the Extension http://darcypace.vox.com/library/posts/2009/02/
Stripped paper from walls on landing started to strip beams and removed storage unit from landing as well as adding secondary glazing to front bedroom window, leaving only the window in the office to do in the main part of the house.
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January
Got the plans complete by Ron Davies architect and submitted to the council. Site visit for the 11.02.09 pegging out of the extension and digging
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Oct
Wardrobe in front bedroom added
sept
window rejected by judith dale council list buildings new window and door added in sept and the gable wall build up at the from and the first timbers added
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Aug
new hole dug for new water mains 25mm blue plastic large bore pipe
June
Carpet in lounge and stairs replaced wall paper stair well with internal insulation
May
extension at front built and window added walls 100mm aircrete insultation concrete 100 /75 mm block and the front covered in rubble
Toll sign has been digitally remastered follow this link to view pdf http://users.cjb.net/homeinspector/final%20version%20toll%20sign.pdf
to arrange printing an mounting
April
Stripped paper from stairs removed carpet treat stair well for wood worm filled and sanded
laid first few courses of wall out the front & sourced building material for stage 1 of the extension photos
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bought wall paper for hall and stair case
building materials to be delivery on 24.04.09 and carpet man coming to measure lounge stair case and hall
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2008
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December
Added Unit to lounge, removed wardrobe in bedroom 2 located man hole cover hidden in front garden under path painted kitchen cuboards changed handles
November
Installed Secondary glazing to 4 windows on ground floor of original house
October
treated posts at front for woodworm and painted with ebony sadolin 6 year exterior stain see photos for evidence. Secondary glazed front door (Gothic) . New Steel Posts added to front railings welded on and inbedded with postcrete
September
sanded front railings painted with black and white hammerite
August replaced glass in 2 panes in the rear window in lounge with dutch green house glass stripped window back to bare wood and rear painted, removed leaning pot on chimney rebuilt base and replaced and made good, repaired front gate new steel posts gate now opens freely, wall on driveway partly re pointed, new putty and repainted window on side of lounge. Bees wax add to wooden feature beams in lounge
April-May Sanded wooden features in lounge back to wood from black gloss paint stripped inside of lounge rear window
March Work on Dining Room
Sanded the floor a varnished with Dark Oak
Ceiling Painted White
Curtains to toll door
Blinds fitted to windows
2 x wall lamps Cario from Next
Dresser Stripped sanded and painted
candlarbra added
shutter anchor repaired
front door key found opened door sealed holes
Line drawing done by craig harris on 21 03 2008
added Shelf on top of radiator in dining room
keyed and sprayed white rad
replaced dimmer in bed room for a switch
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2007
Darcy Pace and Zoe Harris This is the last remaining thatched building in the parish of Trowbridge. It was built as a turnpike cottage, probably in 1768. In that year the Trowbridge Turnpike Act of 1751-2, setting up the commercial trust (Trowbridge Roads), was renewed and the road from Trowbridge to Hilperton Marsh, through Frog Lane and the Down was turn piked. This meant that wheeled vehicles and animals were charged for using the road, and houses were built for collecting the turnpike tolls. The house on the Down has a reproduction board showing the tolls that were charged. The houses were built so that the toll house keeper could sit inside watching the road in all directions for traffic. There would have been a gate across the road, which the keeper opened once the toll was paid. After the town cemetery was opened in 1856 it attracted so many visitors that the turnpike trust had to build a new house and gate nearer Hilperton Marsh than the Down so that visitors could reach the cemetery without paying a toll. The turnpike houses were normally referred to by their gates, often painted white, so the house on the Down would have been called the Down Gate.
From Rightmove.co.uk
Tenure: Freehold
• Two Bedrooms
• Two Reception Rooms
• Refitted Kitchen & Shower Room
• Enclosed Rear Garden & Parking
All measurements are approximate
ACCOMMODATION
Feature wooden arched part glazed front entrance door leading to:
Reception/Dining Room 12’8” x 12’
Two arched windows with shutters to the front. Exposed wooden floor. Exposed stonewalls. Double radiator. Wall light points.
Part glazed double opening doors to:
Living Room 19’ x 14’1”
Arched windows to side and rear. Two radiators with decorative panelling. Part exposed stonewall. Feature fireplace having raised hearth and log store. Exposed ceiling beam. Part slate tiled floor. Television point. Door having stairs leading to first floor. Part glazed arched door leading through to:
Kitchen 12’11” x 12’6”
Part glazed door and window to the rear. Window to the front. Skylight window. Two radiators. Ceramic one and a half sink drainer unit. Range of wooden wall and base units with marble work surfaces and tiled surrounds. Gas Rangemaster 110 cooker with extractor and canopy above. Plumbing for dishwasher. Plumbing for washing machine. Refrigerator recess. Front porch having part glazed door to front.
Inner Lobby
Window at side. Tiled floor. Airing cupboard with hot water cylinder and gas boiler.
Shower Room
Window to the side. Single radiator. Wooden panelled ceiling. Newly fitted white suite comprising: tiled shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin and w/c.
FIRST FLOOR
Landing
Window to the rear. Exposed wall and ceiling beams.
Bedroom One 15’4” x 12’10”
Arched window to the front. Exposed wooden door. Exposed beams. Ornate fireplace with brick chimney breast. Four down lighters. Access to loft.
Bedroom Two 11’1” x 10’7”
Part arched window to the rear. Hanging rail and shelving. Exposed wooden door and ceiling beams.
EXTERNALLY
To The Front
Stonewalling and shrubs. Driveway providing off street parking for two cars. Side pedestrian access to the rear.
To The Rear
A good sized garden with area laid to lawn. Various flower and shrub borders. Wooden garden shed. Good size garden workshop adjoining the kitchen.
Bought for £175,000 8 Oct 2007
Added secondary front door stained dark oak 27 10 07
10 11 2007 Climbed the roof and checked the chimney needs the flashing re doing and pointing needs buttering up
the pots are unstable and need re bedding
10 11 2007 Installed a Jotul 602 multi fuel stove and insultaded the chimney to make it a closed flue appliance
7kw 74%energy effiency
http://www.jotul.com/en-gb/wwwjotulukcom/Main-Menu/Technical-documentation/
24 11 2007 Candian stained glass artist Jacques Guigne special visit to apriase the setting and style of the house to capture the right atmosphere for the special window commision
Extract From 'Wiltshire Toll Houses' by Robert Haynes and Ivor Slocombe
Trowbridge (the Down, Islington
Trowbridge Roads 1751- 1870
ST859 587 At the southern end of the Down nearly opposite Canal Road
Listed Grade II 9/87 No 41, The Old Toll House
built in the early 19th century, this thatched toll house is single storey with an attic.It has an octagonal shaped front with a veranda supported on nine posts. The front door is pointed in Gothic style. Although the turnpike did not close until 1870, the toll house was sold in 1860 to Moses Barratt of Trowbridge, a cloth worker, for £75
LB WRO A1/205/18
Toll houses have become increasingly valued both as interesting building and as an important reminder of a significant phase in the history of English roads. Yet, of the 50 toll houses which have now been positively identified as still standing in Wiltshire, only 19 are listed.
2006
satelite view
Please note that planning permission has been granted 6/4/06 application 06/00472 for demolition of single storey extension and to rebuild a kitchen, utility, bathroom and another bedroom.
http://planning.westwiltshire.gov.uk/publicaccess/propdb/property/property_history_summary.aspx?module=P3&lpikeyval=000F51RNLI000&blpukeyval=000E02RNBU000
13 Oct 2006 To Gain Planning Permission from the proposed extension a set of plans where commisioned by Mr John Wood
2004
Wiltshire Toll Houses, by Robert Haynes and Ivor Slocombe. When Robert Haynes, retired County Architect, died he was working on comprehensive surveys of milestones and toll houses in Wiltshire,. His work on toll houses has been completed and brought to publication by a former colleague, Ivor Slocombe. There may once have been around 200 toll houses in Wiltshire, but many were demolished soon after the abolition of turnpike roads during the 1860s – 1880s, and others have succumbed to later road improvements. This book, fully illustrated with modern and historic photographs, describes all Wiltshire toll houses still existing (48) or known to have existed (over 70) alongside roads in Wiltshire. Publication April 2004, paperback (110 pages), price £6.50, ISBN 0-946418-21-7.
2003
Mr Wood Bought the property for £155,000 on 30/06/2003 from Mr Liam Charles Victor McCarthy
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=ba148ql
2002
Date Photographed: 29 March 2002
Source http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=314074&mode=quick
© Mr David Witherow FRICS
IoE number: 314074
Location: THE OLD TOLL HOUSE, 41 ISLINGTON (south east side)
TROWBRIDGE, WEST WILTSHIRE, WILTSHIRE
Photographer: Mr David Witherow FRICS
Date Photographed: 29 March 2002
Date listed: 29 December 1950
Date of last amendment: 29 December 1950
Grade II
ISLINGTON
5411
(South East Side)
No 41
(The Old Toll House)
ISLINGTON 1. 5411 (South East Side) No 41 (The Old Toll House) ST 8558 9/87 29.12.50. II 2. Early Cl9. Single storey and attic. Painted rubble; octagonal shaped front. Thatched. Central ashlar diagonal stack. Front 5-angled part set part behind pine posts and having lancet shaped windows with marginal glazing and shutter. Pointed doorway with modern painting above. 1 lancet shaped dormer. Picturesque.
Mr Liam Charles Victor McCarthy the front railings where fitted in approx 2002 they where sourced from a local reclamation yard ( Chippenham )
From the Swindon Advertiser, first published Friday 24th May 2002.
A FORMER toll house with the distinction of being the last thatched cottage in Trowbridge is looking for a new owner with a taste for the unusual.
The Thatched Cottage, Islington, which still bears a sign demanding the sum of fourpence halfpenny from anyone passing on a wagon or carriage, has been put on the market for £145,000.
The grade II listed building is believed to date back to 1790, and became a toll house under an act of parliament in 1799.
It remained a toll house until about 1860.
David Heath, manager of the Halifax estate agents in Trowbridge, said: "We are anticipating a great amount of interest in the property due to its unusual nature."
The cottage was last up for sale five years ago and has been carefully restored by its current owners to retain many character features.
The home has two bedrooms and features include exposed beams and stone walls.
Queen Elizabeth’s Jubillee
National celebrations take place to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II reigning as British monarch for 50 years.
2001
September 11th Attacks
A series of coordinated attacks take place in the USA, on the Pentagon in Washington and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attackers are affiliated with al-Quaeda, an Islamic terrorist group. The events of September 11th 2001 have unprecedented political, psychological and economic impacts on the USA and the world at large.
2000
Re Thatched approx 2000 - probably just the ridge
Circa 2000
Previous occupiers of the house where
Mr Liam Charles Victor McCarthy
Ms D Whittingham
the McCarthys have since moved to Aberdeen and have 3 children
Information gathered from post still being delivered on 9 11 2007
1999
Kosovo
Despite requests, fighting violence does not end between Serbians and Kosovar Albanians seeking independence. NATO forces begin air attacks on Serbia in protest.
1998
Good Friday Agreement
A broad cross section of political groups in Northern Ireland, and the Irish and British governments sign an agreement which voted that no change should be made to the status of Northern Ireland except by majority consent. The Northern Ireland Executive is created.
1997
Until 1997 The house was sold on 08-08- 1997 for £58,000
New Labour
A Labour landslide results in Tony Blair taking over from John Major as PM.
1995
Loft Insultation added to a depth of 150mm
Amanda Fitchen Until 1997 Danny Lequelenec bought the property and let it to Amanda Fitchen between 1995 - 1997 Amanda Fitchen Kept and Shetland pony in the garden
Source Sam Pearce
1994
Amanda Fitchen Bought by Danny Le Quelenic for roughly £70000 and rented to Amanda Fitchen who had a Shetland Pony as a pet in the Garden
Sold after 2-3 Years
1991
The Gulf War
After a build up of US troops in surrounding countries causes anxiety, Iraq annexes Kuwait in 1990. A coalition force combining 28 nations, including Britain and the US, embark on an 8 week offensive. The war creates millions of refugees and oil spills cause severe environmental damage.
1990
After talking with several local residents and getting a variety of answers i have come believe that the roof was re thatched including the ridge in 1990. there is no evidence to support it but it seems plausible.
1987
Proposed vehicular access, driveway
http://planning.westwiltshire.gov.uk/publicaccess/propdb/property/property_history_summary.aspx?module=P3&lpikeyval=000F51RNLI000&blpukeyval=000E02RNBU000
16 Oct 1987 deed of gift Racheal Mary Pocock and philip Pocock of 2 the DownTrowbridge wiltshire (next door) Made a legal agreement over Vehicular turning point over both driveways with Mr & Mrs John Lenon Davis of 41 Islington
1984
Planning permission granted for Extension of link between cottage and kitchen and bathroom section
http://planning.westwiltshire.gov.uk/publicaccess/propdb/property/property_history_summary.aspx?module=P3&lpikeyval=000F51RNLI000&blpukeyval=000E02RNBU000
Brighton Bombing
IRA forces bomb the Grand Hotel in Brighton where Margaret Thatcher and her party are having a Conservative Party Conference.
1982
22 September 1982 Mrs C.E Gregory (formerly Wheeler) sells to Mr John Lenon Davis & Mrs Davis
The Falklands War
A long term source of contention for Britain and Argentina, the Argentinians invade the Falkland Islands to decisively annex the area. A task force is sent to re-establish British control, which is resumed, although Argentina still lays claim to the area.
1979
Thatcherism
The Conservative Party gain power and Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female Prime Minister. Her term lasts until 1991, her policies emphasise central government and private enterprise whilst undermining the power of the Trade Unions.
1978
Winter of Discontent
Eight years of unrest and discontent at the declining economy, continuing inflation and rising rates of unemployment result in a number of trade unions striking.
1977
24 June 1977 Mrs C.M Shaughnessey conveyance to Mr J.M Butler
1975
24 November 1975 Mr & Mrs L.E Thornton & Miss J.E Thornton sell to Mrs C.E Wheeler
1969
11 August 1969 Mr & Mrs G.W Dixon Sell to Mr & Mrs L.E Thornton
& Miss J.E Thornton
1963
29 April 1963 G.L Wood sells house to Mr and Mrs Dixon
25 March 1963 The personal Representative of Howard Purnell conveyance to Mrs C. M Lamming
1957
19 Nov 1957 W.H Wood Deceased
European Union
Six European countries (France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) sign the Treaty of Rome to abolish tariffs and trade restrictions between them.
1956
The Suez Crisis
Also known as the Suez War, Britain joins France and Israel to prevent President Nasser from nationalising the Suez Canal. After US president Eisenhower condemns the attack, British forces withdraw.
1952
Elizabeth I is crowned Queen
The princess Elizabeth accedes to the throne and is still ruling today.
1950
29 December 1950 The House Was Granted Grade II listed Status
1
5411
ISLINGTON (South eatside)
NO 41 (the old toll house)
st 8558 9/87
II 29/12/1950
2
Early C19. Single storey and attic. Painted rubble; octagonal shaped front. Thatched. Central ashlar diagonal stack. Front 5- angled part set behind pine posts and having lancet shaped windows with marginal glazing and shutter. pointed doorway with modern painting above. i lancet shaped dormer. Picturesque.
1947
India and Pakistan are independent
India and Pakistan gain independence from the British Empire. They are closely followed by Asia and Africa in an active period of decolonisation.
1945
End of World War Two
Germany’s surrender brings an end to the War. An estimated 62 million had lost their lives.
1939
Map of area
1936
Edward VIII Crowned king
Edward VIII accedes to the throne and falls in love with American divorcee wallis Simpson. Constitutional crisis ensues and he is forced to abdicate in favour of his brother George VI.
1929
Wall Street Crash
Post war, economic depression worsens when the Wall Street markets crash.
1928
4 Feb 1928 S.A Wood sold to W.H Wood
1920
League of Nations
The newly formed League of Nations meet for the first time.
1919
The Treaty of Versailles
Following Germany’s surrender, she is forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles with the allies following a six month Peace Conference in Paris. The humiliating terms of the Treaty arguably led to the rise of Hitler’s Nazi Party.
1903
Suffragettes
1901
map of area 1901
1899
Second Boer War
After receiving military equipment from German, the Boers re-armed and fought on the borders of the Cape Colony and Natal. The British army immediately sent reinforcements. The severity of the British actions (including the use of concentration camps in which inmates were subjected to cruel work regimes and fatal diseases spread) in South Africa was strongly opposed by liberal politicians as the extreme of imperialism. The war ended in 1902 with the Treaty of Vereeiging, the two independent republics were lost and absorbed into the British Empire.
1896
Ordnance Survey 1896 revision of the one inch to one mile map. The modern parish boundary has been superimposed
1895
The last tollgate, on the London to Holyhead road, on Anglesey, ceased in 1895
1893
B.Barratt 26 June 1893 E.G.Davis Bought the house from B.Barratt
1890
map of area 1890
1889
Newly formed county councils took over responsibility for main roads.
1888
Jack the Ripper
Five prostitutes are brutally murdered in the Whitechapel area of London’s east end. The killer, “Jack the Ripper”, have never been definitively identified, and the case resulted in worldwide press coverage and hysteria.
1887
map of area 1887
1885
The last turnpike trust ended 1885.
1880
First Boer War
This was a conflict between the British and the Dutch settlers (Boers) in South Africa. After the first Boer war, William Gladstone granted the Boers self-government in the Transvaal region in 1881.
1875
Artisans and Labourers Dwellings Improvement Act
Law past for the reconstruction of insanitary areas. Areas which are unfit for habitation must be destroyed and rebuilt.
1870
Circa 1870, Photo of house, house in trowbridge museam in a report about roads around trowbridge " A History of roads in and around Trowbridge and the traffic on them to about 1870 " by K H Rodger page 34
The turnpike closed in 1870
A gate across the roadis shown on the 1773
house, this may have been therebecause part
seems reasonable to suposse that there would
mentionned as the downs gate in the letting advet
J E Hayward's new road, now Victoria Road,
trusts decided to build a new one at the corner
This According to the Advertiser. '
cemettery, which has now become one of the
weighbridge were sold . The date of thebuilding#
copiedfrom one of the area
1869
In 1869 there was a successful petition to the House of Commons Committee to rescind the Trowbridge Trust. The main cause of complaint was that the Trust, instead of using its income to pay off outstanding debts and loans, had squandered its money on building new, large toll houses. The turnpike was said to have 12 main toll houses in a stretch of 35 miles.
1868
Sanitary Act
This act increases the control of the sewer authorities to dispose of waste and is passed simultaneously with the Artizans and Labourers Dwelling Act, which compelled owners to get rid of unsanitary dwellings. This is the first legislation to tackle the growing problem of slums.
1863
First Underground Train
The underground railway running from Paddington to the city of London opens. It becomes known as the sewer.
1861
1861 England Census
about Moses Barratt
Name: Moses Barratt
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Civil Parish: Trowbridge
Ecclesiastical parish: Staverton
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Trowbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 35
Household Members:
Name Age
Ellen Barratt 8
Emma Barratt 22
George Barratt 21
Jane Barratt 49
Martha Barratt 10
Moses Barratt 48
Sarah Barratt 18
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1860
From the 1860s Dis-Turn piking was actively pursued.
The toll house was sold in 1860 to Moses Barratt of Trowbridge, a cloth worker, for £75
The toll charge Ceased
The toll house was conveyed to Moses Barratt 1/11/1860
see Photographs of the conveyance between the Trowbridge roads trustees and Mr Moses Barratt
Source
Info Stored at Cocklebury Road Chippenham SN15 3QN Tel: 01249
705500
FILE - Trowbridge Trust - ref. A1/205/18 - date: 1858-1870
Contents
1858 Two adjoining plots of land at Stallards in Trowbridge.
1860 Down toll house in Trowbridge. ****
1861 Plot of land in Silver Street, Trowbridge, situated between the
New Inn and the White Hart public houses.
1861 Plot of land in Silver Street, Trowbridge.
1870 Farleigh Hungerford toll house in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset.
Keevil toll house in Keevil. Stallards toll house in Trowbridge.
Wingfield toll house in Wingfield. Southwick toll house in North
Bradley. Toll house at Semington in Steeple Ashton. Middle Lane and Sea
Corner toll houses in Hilperton. Poleshole toll house at Southwick in
North Bradley. Hilperton toll house, Hilperton.
1854
Crimean War
To stifle Russian expansion after she occupies parts of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France, with the support of the Austrians, declare war. It ends in 1856 when the British and the French force the fall of Sebastopol and the Treaty of Paris is signed in 1856. This war raised the profile of the nurse Florence Nightingale, leading to the creation of modern nursing.
1853
road diversion 29 november 1853
source
Info Stored at Cocklebury Road Chippenham SN15 3QN Tel: 01249
705500
FILE - Trowbridge Trust - ref. A1/370/41L - date: 1853
Contents
Improvements. Plans and sections. Reference book.
(Number 45 on the index map).
1851
Moses Barrat 1851 England Census
about Moses Barratt
Name: Moses Barratt
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Harriet
Gender: Male
Where born: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Civil Parish: Trowbridge
Ecclesiastical parish: Staverton
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Disability:
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Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Melksham
ED, institution, or vessel: 2m
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 68
Household Members:
Name Age
Emma Barratt 13
George Barratt 11
Harriet Barratt 39
Harriet Barratt 16
Martha Barratt 7 Mo
Moses Barratt 38
Sarah Barratt 8
Sarah Dangerfield 86
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The Labour Classes Lodging Act
This act authorised local authorities to establish lodging houses for the labour classes.
1850
The Factory Act
An act is passed limiting the length of the working day for women and children to ten hours.
1846
Corn Laws Repealed
The long standing campaign of the Anti-Corn-Law League, manufacturers who wanted to sell goods overseas as well as in Britain, end when Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel repeals the Corn Laws.
1845
Irish Potato Famine
As a result of British economic interference, the “blight” potato fungus, and destructive farming methods, there is widespread famine in Ireland resulting in 500,000 deaths and mass emigration.
1841
Moses Barrat 1841 England Census
about Moses Barratt
Name: Moses Barratt
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Male
Where born: Wiltshire, England
Civil Parish: Trowbridge
Hundred: Melksham
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
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Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Trowbridge
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Emma Barratt 3
George Barratt 1
Harriot Barratt 6
Jane Barratt 25
Moses Barratt 25
1837
Reign of Queen Victoria
The beginning of the Victorian era.
1832
Reform Act
Repesentation is given to previously underrepresented urban areas and qualifications for voting are extended.
1773
Boston Tea Party
American colonists protest against taxation from Great Britain, helping spark the American Revolution.
1768
Your house was built
It was built as a turnpike cottage, probably in 1768 Then know as 'Downs Gate'
Trowbridge Turnpike Security
For Ninety three pounds and interest
at £5 per cent. No 42
By virtue of an act made in the eighth year of the reign of his majesty king george the third (1768) intitiled. "An Act to enlarge the term and powers of an act made in the twenty - fifth year (1752) of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, for repairing the road leading from the green man in the chapelry of the seend in the county of wilts, to beckington in the county of Somerset and for repealing so much of an act made the same year for repiaring several road in the counties of wilts and somerset, as relates to the road from a place in trowbridge lane to midford and from freshford to limpley stoke and for amending the said roads: and also several other roads included in the said act. We whose names are hereunto subscribed being seven or more of the trustees do assign unto ****
*** Executor administrators or asigns in consideration of the sum of ninety three pounds from the **** day of **** in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight until the said sum of ninety three pounds with interest at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum shall be repaid such proportion of th tollsarising by vitue of the act above mentioned (the Tolls to be collected by virtue of act upon the road leading from the top of iford hill in the county ofwilts to hallatrow bridge in the county of somerset, only excepted) as the said sum of ninety three pounds shall bear to the whole sum advanced on credit of the same. Given under our hands and seals this twenty four day of september in the year of our lord 1768
sealed and delivered by the several trustees in the presence of
1755
English Dictionary Published
Dr Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary of the English language.
1751
The ornate thatched toll house of Trowbridge The Down was clearly architect designed as opposed to being built by a local mason or carpenter and is perhaps emulating or at least influenced by the lodges of the greater houses of Wiltshire
Trowbridge Roads 1751 - 1870
Trowbridge roads where critised for their extravagance of their buildings
Turnpike Act of 1751-2
Turnpikes
Notes
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travel From the first in 1663, and with a great expansion in the 1750s-70s, there were thousands of trusts and companies established by Acts of Parliament with rights to collect tolls in return for providing and maintaining roads; turnpike trusts. A General Turnpike Act 1773 was passed to speed up the process of setting up such arrangements. Just how trustworthy and effective was the provision and maintenance can be imagined.
Railways had a serious impact on long distance road traffic from the 1830s, and many turnpike trusts were discontinued. The Local Government Act 1888, establishing county councils, gave these new authorities, answerable to an electorate, the responsibility for most of the existing turnpikes. Most turnpike trusts were wound up; roads were more reliable provided and maintained.
The following chronological notes are culled from various sources; do not take them as a definitive list of events.
http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/hantsmap/hantsmap/turnpike.htm
