Bodmin and Roche Trust (updated 24^th Sept 2013)

This trust was created in 1836 towards the very end of the turnpike era. It was responsible for the link road from Bodmin to the china clay mining area. It may have been, in practice, a new district of the Bodmin Trust.

List of Acts

Bodmin & Roche District

5&6 Wil4 c105

1835

Select Committee on State of Roads 1840

Philip Wheeler of St Austell (clerk to the trust) reported

There are 10 miles 3 furl 26 pl of road thru 4 parishes – all repaired by the trustees

3 toll gates and 2 side bars

The roads are stated to be in “good” condition – no part under indictment for want of repair.

Through parishes of St Austell (5 miles), Roche (3miles), Luxulyan (2 miles), Lanivet (7 pls)

List of Roads

St Austell Road; A391 from St Austell, through Bugle to the A30, Bodmin Road jct near Lanivet (about 7 miles)

Roche Road; B3274 from Stenalees to Roche A30 jct (about 3.5 miles)

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Known Tollhouses (extracts from Tollhouse National database) 2 identified of the 3 reported by the trust (survivor in bold)

Road Classification Number

Route

GATE NAME

OS Grid Ref- Prefi

Easting

Northing

District

Civil Parish

Location (Name or Number)

Road or Street (see across)

Position

Evidence

Revised 24th Sept 2013

erected by (Turnpike Trust or Authority)

Bibliographic refs

A391

Bodmin to St Austell

Lockengate

0318

6133

CWRE

LUXULYAN

two miles from Lanivet

; ; ;

Bodmin and Roche

Taylor P. (2001), "The Toll-houses of Cornwall", p70

B3274 (A391)

Bodmin to St Austell

Wood

01079

52889

CWRE

ST AUSTELL

No's 72 & 74

Bodmin Road

below viaduct, bottom of hill north of town

; ; ;

Bodmin and Roche

Taylor P. (2001), "The Toll-houses of Cornwall", p69

Known Milestones