Robert Williams and Jane Smallwood of Turnpike Cottage, toll collectors of Dwygyfylchi

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

  • Reference
    • GB 2008 CP308/10
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c. 1900]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

Turnpike Cottage was nextdoor to the first National School at Dwygyfylchi, at the junction of Treforris Road and Conway Old Road. Part of the building is now an electricity sub-station. They were believed to be the last to collect tolls at the Turnpike, which was a chain across Treforris Road. The toll was charged to those who sought to avoid paying a toll at Conway 'Sychnant gate' by going along the sands around Penmaenbach and joing the toll road [now Conway Old Road] at Trwyn yr Wylfa.