The Rams Head Public House was built around 1820 To serve the weary traveller on his way to Manchester or Burnley. It is situated at the Turnpike of two roads and travellers could halt and refresh themselves and pay their tolls to pass through. A turnpike was a private road where a chain was across the road and on payment of the fee it would be removed to let the traveller through.
The tolls for the time were- For every Horse, Gelding, Mule or Ass laden or unladen -----------1 1/2 pence
For every score of Oxen, neat Cattle, Sheep, Goats Lambs or Swine---2pence
plus many more tolls for carts with wheels a certain width.etc. When wages at that time were around £2 per week.
The building today is a hairdressing salon.
Really a strange place for a clock way up on the left hand side of the building.
ReplyDeleteAnother really interesting old building! Bear in mind that I live in an area that things built in the 1960's are considered old, and frequently torn down and rebuilt.
ReplyDeleteThe image is a bit crooked. If you use your ruler tool and run it down the wooden pole on the side of the building, go to image rotate-arbitrary, it will straighten the image and make it more pleasing to look at. :)
At first glance I thought this might have been a building in a school, wouldn't have picked a hairdressers! I like the contrast in this picture.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed seeing this old place but with a web address on its sign. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou haven't mentioned, or I must have missed it. Are these buildings just on display, or are the occupied?
ReplyDeleteA hair dressing salon, i would never have guessed. It reminded me of a of a shool too, or perhaps a fire station.
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