Our next meeting will be the Pinner’s Roads to London and the Pinner Turnpike by Thamar MacIver is on 5th June September at 8.00pm at Pinner Village Hall.
Pinner people have gone to and from London for centuries but 18th- and 19th-century records reveal hazards ranging from muddy roads to floods and highwaymen. One response was turnpiking. Local people promoted legislation to transfer a problematic section of road to trustees, who would finance improvements and recover their costs through tolls. These tolls eventually became so unpopular they were abolished in the later 19th century and today the only obvious trace of the system left in Pinner is the milestone erected by the local turnpike trust in Bridge Street. This talk will explore how the system affected locals, including road users, the trustees (who met at The Queen’s Head) and the families who lived at the tollgates and collected the tolls.
The meeting will be at 8.00pm, in Pinner Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AA - due to recent high numbers members are advised to arrive by 7.30pm.
Visitors are very welcome (suggested donation £3).
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