[Turnpikes or barriers were erected as early as A.D. 1267, as we
find a grant of a penny for each waggon passing through a manor.
See _Index or Catalogue of the Patent Rolls_, Hen. III. 51., m.
21., "Quod I. de Ripariis capiat in feod. 1 denar. de qualibet
carecta transeunte per maneria sua de Thormerton et Littleton, co.
Glouc." A toll was also imposed in the reign of Edward III. for
repairing the road between St. Giles and Temple Bar.]
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