 Another important point is that when these new toll roads were constructed the turnpike trusts went to a great deal of trouble to improve the route of the new road and these changes could be quite considerable as the old roads tended to go from farm to farm, hardly the shortest route.The tolls on roads were abolished in 1878 to be replaced by a road 'assessment', which was taken over by the county council in 1889.Springhill farm no longer exists, being situated where the main road houses are now.