A report on Ware, Hertfordshire and Wadesmill
The first effective turnpike in England was created at Wadesmill by Act of Parliament ("The Turnpike Act") in 1663 as a result of serious deterioration of the "Old North Road" due to travel by laden barley wagons supplying the brewing trade in the nearby malting town of Ware.
- WadesmillEngland's first turnpike (toll) road was established at Wadesmill, two miles north of Ware, in 1633 in an attempt to control the malting traffic into and from Ware.
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A10 road (England)
1 linksMajor road in England.
Major road in England.
Until the late 1970s, the Great Cambridge Road passed through the towns of Broxbourne, Hoddesdon and Ware – along what is now the A1170 road.
North of Ware, a further by-pass scheme was opened in late 2004, taking the A10 around the Hertfordshire villages of Wadesmill, Thundridge, High Cross, and Collier's End.
Thundridge
1 linksVillage and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.
Village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England.
It is about two miles away from the town of Ware and about seven miles away from the large town of Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire.
Nearby villages include Wadesmill and Tonwell, and the hamlets of Cold Christmas and High Cross.