Monument record 1505200000 - Site of toll house NE of Aylesbury (probable location)

A document of 1810 gives details of a toll house and gates for the turnpike NE of Aylesbury on the road to Hockliffe: 'The House to be 24 foot long ... and 13 foot wide . . . and 7½ foot high from floor to the ceiling with a chimney at each end with a Lean to behind 5 foot wide. The House to be divided into 2 rooms … with 9 inch brick walls and slated, with fine timber and deal ledged doors and floors including glazing and painting, 3 coats with best white lead paint, the Lean to timber built and boarded. The posts and gates to be oak with deal bars to the Gates. 4 posts to be 11 foot long, 11 inches by 11 inches, the other posts to be 9 foot long 8 inches by 8 inches. The rails to be 2½ inches by 4 inches including iron work to the Gates and fastenings to ditto and a single rail bar across the road leading to Broughton with post to ditto 8 foot long and 7 inches by 7. inches, the rails to be 3 inches by 4½ inch Oak will amount to £160. To be completed within one month and the House 2 months from the present date and to be paid for as soon as completed. Rafters 2½ by 3, Purlines 4 by 5, the Beam 6 by 6...R GURNEY July 9 1810'. (B1)
The location on the 1st series OS 1-2500 edition was north of Dropshort (now Park Street).