Some information of Welsh turnpikes and
tollhouses now added
This site has page clusters dedicated to;
·
the
history of Turnpike Roads and their
routes (tables listed below)
·
Tollhouses that were built at turnpike
gates to collect tolls from road users (tables listed
below),
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Milestones that informed travellers of the distance
to the next town, and
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Road Users who
benefited from the improved highway.
·
River Crossings –
ferries and bridges
Also features that preceded the turnpikes, particularly
·
Wayside Crosses
that were beside the old highways.
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The site also hosts research-based publications by
leading historians of British roads.
·
A definitive study by
Dr Keith Lawrence on the Turnpike Roads around Nantwich,
Cheshire can be accessed by clicking this link.
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Information on
related turnpike trustees and on Tollkeepers
nationally is accessed by the Keith
Lawrence Data page.
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Below is a list of
summary tables, maps and information pages accessible on this site
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1. Tables and
maps relating to turnpikes
*Note these use old county boundaries*
a) List of Turnpike Trusts in England & Turnpike Trusts in Wales and the
equivalent modern road
b) List of Toll
Bridges & ferries (19th cent)
c) Town
Improvement and Paving Commissions
Historic list of Turnpike gates
by county * |
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report by R Good |
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P. Taylor (2010) |
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map by Gloucs
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D Viner (1969); |
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H Hurley (1992) |
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A Cossons
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S Benntt
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P. Taylor (2009 |
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A Cossons
(1946) |
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JB Bentley & BJ Murless
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B Austin (2005-8) |
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A Cossons
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Victorian History of Wiltshire, (1959) |
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Worcestershire |
Worcestershire |
Scaplehorn & Swann ((2008) |
Macmahon (1964) |
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*Note that there was not necessarily a
tollhouse at each gate – side, check and chain gates in particular may have had
no residential accommodation beside them.
Historic list of Turnpike gates
by area |
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f) Detailed maps of turnpike roads/tollhouse sites in specific areas
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Bristol and Bath, Exeter, Ilchester,
Plymouth, Sherborne,
Sidmouth, Taunton, Teignmouth (with tollhouses)
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Areas of Staffordshire roads;
Birmingham, The Staffordshire
Potteries, Cheadle, The Black Country (W of
Birmingham)
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Areas of Lancashire roads; W of Manchester,
E of Manchester,
Burnley/Rochdale,
Bury/Bolton, Blackburn/Haslingden, Preston/Wigan.
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Areas of West Riding of Yorkshire roads; Barnsley, Bradford, Doncaster, Halifax/Elland,
Holmfirth,
Huddersfield/Brighouse,
Keighley/Skipton,
Leeds, Pontefract,
Saddleworth, Sheffield/Rotherham,
Wakefield,
York.
g)
List
of surviving toll houses in England & surviving tollhouses in Wales
; to see these displayed on Google Earth
go to the Milestone Society database http://www.msocrepository.co.uk/
and download the most recent copy of the map files (updated every few months).
h) Material relating to specific turnpike trusts
Cornwall Roads |
Devon Roads |
Somerset Roads |
Dorset Roads |
Haleworthy, Camelford, Wadebridge and St Columb |
Dartmouth, Torquay and Shaldon Lyme Regis (Charmouth to Whimple) Plymouth
and Tavistock
(New Road) Trusts based in other counties |
Black Dog (Bath and
Warminster) Langport, Somerton and Castle Cary Trusts from Other Counties Trowbridge |
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2. An Index of
Pages on this web site
a) Turnpike
Roads - general
Turnpikes;
overview of county differences
Details of the turnpikes road in counties
of; Berkshire; Cornwall,
Devon; Dorset; Somerset.
b)
Turnpike Roads -
Local Studies
· The text of a booklet on the Turnpikes around Oxford
· The text of a booklet on the Turnpikes around Banbury
· A study of Turnpike roads around Reading, Berkshire and notes on Roman Roads near Reading
·
A study of the Turnpike
roads around Nantwich, Cheshire by Keith Lawrence.
· Some Oxfordshire Turnpike Trustees
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Some Cheshire Turnpike
Trustees
c) Tollhouses – general notes
Tollhouse Design a review of the styles
d) Milestones – an overview
Non-Turnpike Milemarkers - a discussion of those markers that were erected before and after the turnpike era
e)
Early Way Markers – an overview
Ancient Stone Crosses in Devon - a detailed assessment of the stone crosses that survive in Devon, including Dartmoor
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List
of Ancient Stone Crosses surviving in Cornwall and Devon and elsewhere
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A
distribution map of Wayside Crosses in Devon
f) Road Users. - the traffic on the turnpikes
London Carriers and Inns – historic records
g) River Crossings Ferries and bridges over English rivers
Photographs are stored on Flickr, not on this website. Go to the Tollhouses page and follow the
click-links.
Pictures of
wayside crosses, milestones and road structure are sets off the main photostream; http://www.flickr.com/photos/tollhouses/
If you have any questions or more information about particular turnpikes or tollhouses,
please contact me at rosevear1@aol.com.
This page created Jan 11th 2008 by Alan
Rosevear (Tollhouse Alan)
Last revised 2nd Sept 2017