Ready Token is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England, located in the Cotswold Hills near Poulton. Despite comprising only a handful of houses it is located at a high point and is notable for being the meeting place of six country roads and nine parish boundaries. [1] It lies at the intersection of the ancient drove road known as the Welsh Way and the Roman Akeman Street. [2] It once possessed an inn, recorded in 1738 as under the sign Ready Token Ash. [3]
The name is a fusion of the Celtic word rhydd and the Saxon word tacen meaning the way to the ford. The ford being that across the River Coln at Fairford. [3]
It is the site of an unusual house which has a butterfly shaped plan which mirrors the local butterfly shaped road pattern. It was designed by the Arts and Crafts movement architect, Norman Jewson, and built in 1928–1929. [4] In 2025, it was given away in a prize raffle. [5]
