Toll Houses and turnpikes

[JenB]

Here's a frustrating map!

Top left-hand corner, which would be close to where Westfield Farm was, it says '....... Gate' 

https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/gallery/map/nettleton_map002.jpg

[josey]

Frustrating indeed!! Good find. I wonder if Wiltshire Archives have the original?

[JenB]

Here's a frustrating map!

Top left-hand corner, which would be close to where Westfield Farm was, it says '....... Gate' 

https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/gallery/map/nettleton_map002.jpg

I should have said that that map is an extract from Andrews' and Dury's 1810 Map of Wiltshire.
https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getcom.php?id=168

[Chilternbirder]

Here's a frustrating map!

Top left-hand corner, which would be close to where Westfield Farm was, it says '....... Gate' 

https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/gallery/map/nettleton_map002.jpg

I haven't checked all the references in this thread but "gate" on a map doesn't necessarily mean a toll gate. There were plenty of gates across the highway to control livestock.

[JenB]

I haven't checked all the references in this thread but "gate" on a map doesn't necessarily mean a toll gate.

I wasn't suggesting that it did!

But the word 'gate' might have been significant and was worth following up, particularly as it was possibly in the right area.

In fact it was called 'Old Bottom Gate' as shown on this map , half-way down, left hand side
http://www.wiltshirerecordsociety.org.uk/map/wrs_v08_map_13.jpg

[Lisajb]

Not that it helps but Mr Google’s maps tell me that Nettleton and West Kington are 1.5 miles apart.

I seem to recall that the 1841 census for West Kington hasn’t survived, or is lost

[youngtug]

Another map, cannot see any toll gate/house though.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/os-1-to-10560/wiltshire/019

[Lisajb]

Mr Google’s maps again! There’s a Toll Down Way in Burton. Looks modern though.

[youngtug]

I don't think the toll roads,mentioned in answer #2 go throuigh West Kington, they are nearby  but a different rout. Having driven through there I cannot see West Kington being on a major route that would warrant a toll gate.