Ticket, toll ticket

This numbered ticket or receipt was issued for cash paid at Stag toll-gate for the transportation of cattle across a number of roads in south London. The ticket notes that the toll paid also authorised the same cattle to clear a number of other gates in south London from Lambeth to Kingston.

Toll and turnpike fees were first introduced when the large-scale building and repair of roads began in the early 19th century. Acts of Parliament permitted private firms to maintain specific roads and impose charges for access. The system flourished until the 1860s when unpopularity together with the trend to centralise control over roads made it no longer tenable.