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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CLYDESIDE CHECK T.P. | Clydeside Check Bar Clydeside Check Bar Clydeside Check Toll Bar Clydeside Check Toll Bar |
R. Clark, Road Surveyor Mr. Blackley Table of Tolls Valuation Rolls |
011.03 | This is a Check Bar for vehicles etc, going from Uddingston or Bothwell to Glasgow by the old T.P. Road through Uddingston, which is now a Parish Road to the Toll house. It is kept for the purpose of checking vehicles etc. which would otherwise escape the "Powburn Toll" on this Trace. From the west side of the Bar to the T. P. Road of Glasgow & Hamilton Trace 3.XI- 2 is a Turnpike Trust. Vehicles etc. from Uddingston, crossing the Bridge over the Clyde on Trace 6.XI- 2 do not pay as they don't travel on the Road 100 yards - the prescribed distance for Toll. Carts from Glasgow passing through here to Uddingston, as they would have to do if they went through "Powburn Toll" . It is altogether a Check Bar to prevent fraud being done to from "Powburn Toll" and as such it has been written on Trace - "Clydeside Check Bar" . The Table of Tolls names it as ordinary Gates are named. It is the property of the Shotts T. P. Trust. |
POWBURN T.P. | Powburn T. P. Powburn T. P. Powburn T. P. |
Table of Tolls Mr. Blackley, Collector R. Clark, Road Surveyor |
011.03 | A Toll house & gate at the junction of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Road with the Hamilton & Glasgow Road. The property of the Shotts Trust. |
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