This Trust was created in 1762 to turnpike
the roads westwards from
Ref;
http://plymouthdata.info/Turnpike%20roads-Saltash.htm
Saltash 2 Dec 1761
Petition of Mayor, Burgesses and inhabitants of Saltash and gents travelling on the road Highway from Trerulefoot by Pole-marking over Heskin Bridge thru Tiddeford in Parish of St Germans and Landrake over Notter Bridge to Boraton Lane End in Parish of St Stephan’s next Ash, to Culver Park Gate in a Lane called Back Lane in Borough of Saltash
And from Saltash Passage thru St Stephen’s next Ash to Weston Mills in Parish of St Budeaux by Swilly in Parish of Stoke Damerell to the corner of the meadow at the east end of the bridge by the Lower Greist Mills in Borough of Plymouth
And from North Stile of Churchyard of St Stephen’s Next Ash by Cowders to the almshouse of Borough of Saltash
And from
Are by reason of narrowness and nature of soil are ruinous, incommodious and dangerous to travellers
18 Dec 1761
Mr Cleveland reported
In support Mr Robert Hicks said he knows the roads they are ruinous and that the Statute Labour is not sufficient to repair
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6 Feb 1777 Saltash
Pet of trustees of 2 Geo III; Need to explain and amend Act
20 Feb 1777
Sir Charles Whitworth report
To prove Mr George Woodward Mallett said need amending
RA 27 Mar 1777
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Saltash |
St Germans
Saltash |
2 Geo3 c43 |
1762 |
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Saltash |
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17 Geo3 c78 |
1777 |
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Saltash |
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42 Geo3 c17 |
1802 |
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Saltash |
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4 Geo4 c6 |
1823 |
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Saltash |
Deviation due to
opening of Saltash Ferry |
3&4 Wil4 c5 |
1833 |
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Saltash |
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29&30 Vic c109 |
1866 |
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Saltash |
Expired |
44&45 Vic c31 |
1881 |
Nov 1881 |
Saltash 1823
An Act for more
effectually amending, improving, and keeping in repair, several Roads in the
Counties of Cornwall and Devon, leading to the Borough of Saltash in the
Saltash 1833
An
Act for more effectually repairing and improving several Roads in the Counties
of Cornwall and Devon, leading to the Borough of Saltash in the
And whereas parts of the said road lying
between the eastern shore of the River Tamer, at a place called Saltash
Passage, within that part of the parish of Saint Budeaux, which lies in the
County of Cornwall, and May’s Cross in the Borough of Plymouth, in the County
of Devon, are very steep and hilly, and it would be of great public benefit and
Utility to avoid the said Hills, and make a new Line of Road from the present Road at .or near to Swilley
in the Parish Stoke
Damerell in the County of Devon,
across Weston Mill Creek or Lake, to the Eastern Landing Place of the Floating Bridge across the said River
Tamer at or near to Saltash Passage in the said Parish of Saint Budeaux; and also to make a new
Branch Road from the Northern End of Union Terrace in Morice Town in the
said Parish Stoke Damerell, across Keyham
Lake to join the said last-mentioned
new Line of Road at or near to the
Southern Shore of Weston Mill Creek
or Lake aforesaid : And whereas some Parts of the present Road lying
between Trerule Foot in the Parish of
Saint German’s; in the County of Cornwall and the Archway at the Head of Fore Street or High Street in
the said .Borough of Saltash are very steep, hilly, and inconvenient, and it
would be of great public Utility to avoid the said Hills by altering and diverting the
same, and to make a new Line of Road from the Western Landing Place of the
Floating Bridge across the River Tamer, lying on the Southward of Ash Tor Rock, in
the said Borough of Saltash, to the
Place in the Parish of Saint Stephen’s next ash (or Saltash) where the
present Turnpike Roads leading to Liskeard and Callington, both in the County
of Cornwall, join, commonly called Borraton Lane End, and also a new Line of
Road from a Place called Roods Gate,
otherwise .Stockerton Lane End in the
Parish of Saint Stephen’s next ash (or Saltash) to the River Lynher near Notter, and thence across the said
River to the Village of Landrake' in the Parish of Landrake in the County of
Cornwall and if the present Line of Road from the said Village of Landrake to Trerule Foot aforesaid
was altered and improved so as to avoid the Hills ; and it would also be of
great public Utility if other Parts
of the said Roads lying between Borraton Lane End aforesaid and Notter Bridge,
both in the said Parish of St Stephen’s, were altered and improved so as to
avoid the Hills : And whereas it will be expedient that when the said new Line
of Road commencing near the Entrance to Swilley aforesaid, and terminating at
the Eastern Landing Place of the said Floating Bridge across the Tamer at
Saltash Passage aforesaid, is completed, that so much of the Turnpike Road as
lies between a Place called Ham Lodge, in
the Tything of Weston Peverell otherwise .Pennycross, and the Lane leading from Saint Budeaux into the said Turnpike Road at or near to a Place called the
Commons, in that Part of the Parish of Saint Budeaux which lies in the
County of Devon, should no longer be a Turnpike Road ; and it will also be expedient that when the
Diversion or new Line of Road between Rood’s Gate otherwise Stockerton Lane End aforesaid and the Village of Landrake is
completed, that so much of the Turnpike Road as lies between the Village of Landrake aforesaid and the Cross
Roads in the Village of Borraton in
the said Parish of Saint Stephen’s
next Ash (or Saltash) should no longer be a Turnpike Road ; and that
when the.said new Line of Road from the said River Lynher near Notter to the
said Village of Landrake is completed, that so much of the present Turnpike
Road :is lies between Notter Bridge and the
said Village of Landrake should no longer be a Turnpike Road ;
And be it further
enacted, That from and after the passing of this
Act, this Act shall commence,
take effect, and continue and be put in execution for and during the Term
herein-after mentioned, for the
Purpose of more effectually amending,
improving, and keeping Purposes in
repair the Roads leading from
the present Turnpike Road leading from
Torpoint to Liskeard at or near to Trerule Foot in the Parish
of Saint Germans, by Pole Markin, over Heskin Bridge, through
the Villages of Tiddeford in the Parish of Saint Germans and Landrake
in the Parish of Landrake, over Notter
Bridge, to Borraton Lane End in the Parish of Saint
Stephen's next Ash (or Saltash), and thence to the Archway at the Head of Fore Street or High Street in the said Borough of Saltash, all situate
in the County of Cornwall; and from a certain Place called Saltash
Passage, within that Part of the Parish of Saint Budeaux which lies
in the County of Cornwall, to Weston Mill in that Part of the
said Parish of Saint Budeaux which lies in the County of Devon, or the Tything of Weston
Peverell otherwise Pennycross
in the same County, by Swilley
in the said Parish of Stoke Damerell, to May's
Cross in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon; and from the North Stile of the Churchyard of the said Parish of Saint Stephen's next Ash (or Saltash),
by Cowders, to the Almshouse of the said Borough of Saltash.; and from Borraton
Lane End aforesaid,
through the Village of Carkeil within the said Parish of Saint Stephen's next Ash (or Saltash),
unto a certain Place called and
known by the Name of the Fighting
Cocks, within the Parish of Botusfleming in the County of Cornwall; and also for
making, improving, and maintaining the aforesaid new Line of Road from the
present Turnpike Road at or near to
the present Entrance to Swilley House in the said Parish of Stoke
Damerell to and across Weston Mill Creek or Lake, to the Eastern Landing Place of the said Floating Bridge across the
River Tamer at or near to Saltash Passage in that Part of the Parish of Saint Budeaux which lies in the
County of Cornwall; and also for making, improving, and maintaining
the aforesaid new Branch Road from the Northern End of Union Terrace in Morice
Town in the said-Parish of Stoke Damerell, across Keyham Lake, to
join the said last-mentioned said
Parish of Stoke Damerell and the said Tything of Weston Peverell otherwise Pennycross; and also for the
Purpose of making, improving, widening,
and maintaining the aforesaid new Lines of Road from the Western Landing Place of the Floating
Bridge across the River Tamer aforesaid,
lying on the Southward of Ash Torr Rock in the said Borough
of Saltash, to the Place in the said Parish of Saint Stephen's next
Ash (or Salash) where the present Turnpike Roads leading to Liskeard and Callington, both in the County of Cornwall, join, commonly
called Borraton Lane End, and from Rood's Gate otherwise Stockerton
Lane End aforesaid to the River Lynher near Notter, and
across the said River, and thence to the Village of Landrake aforesaid ; and also for making, maintaining, altering, diverting, and
improving the present Line of the aforesaid Roads between Borraton Lane End and Notter Bridge aforesaid, and also
between the said Village of Landrake and the Turnpike Road
leading from Torpoint to Liskeard at or near to Trerule Foot aforesaid.
William Richard Berryman of Devonport (clerk to the trust) reported
There are 20 miles of road thru 9 parishes –the parish of Stoke Damerel
has repaired a portion of the old turnpike road. Nothing is done by the
trustees of the road, but directing the surveyor to employ 2 men to perambulate
throughout the line of the road, and clear gutters, drains &c.
22 toll gates; 3 more are about to be erected
The roads are stated to be “in very bad” condition – no part under
indictment for want of repair.
BPP 1866 Vol 20; No. 14-.—SALTASH ROADS.
The present
Local Act, of the 3rd of William IV. cap. 5., repealed the previous Act of the 4th of George IV. cap. 6., gave powers
to make additional roads, and granted a new term, which would have expired at
the end of last session but has been extended until the 1st day of November
1866-
The total length of the roads belonging to this Trust is 17 miles 6
furlongs 134 yards, of which 1 furlong 44 yards is within the
borough of
There are
no weighing machines. The full rates of toll allowed by the Local Act are not
levied, in some cases one-half, and in some cases one-third only being taken;
the road is repaired by the parishes, with the exception of the bridges and
embankments, which are extra-parochial; the clerk states that the estimated
cost per annum of keeping the Trust roads in repair as now performed by the
parishes since the Highway Act came into
operation is about Ł25 per mile, previously probably not more than two-thirds
of that amount was expended by the surveyors of the parishes, who did as little
as possible to the turnpike roads, and the latter had become very bare."
The
mortgage debt on this Trust in 1834 was Ł7,672 5s., but by 1837 it had been
increased to Ł16,209 5s., no part of which has been paid off; the present Act
gave power to borrow money from the Commissioners of Public Works, but such
power has not been exercised.
Previous to
1833 interest was paid at Ł4 10s. per cent., but from that year Ł5 per cent,
has been charged, and the arrears on the 31st of December 1864 amounted to
Ł10,531 11s. 8d.
The
accounts show that the toll receipts have improved since 1851, which is
attributed to the erection of a steam ferry bridge across the river Tamar, at
Saltash Passage, in that year, thereby facilitating the communication between
the counties of Devon and Cornwall, and concurrently therewith the reduction of
the tolls by the Trustees, in respect particularly of vehicles crossing the
river and going over the turnpike road in both counties. The funds have been
expended,—in repairing the bridges and embankments ;—tradesmen's bills
;—salaries (increased in I860 to Ł52 per annum) ;—law charges (in 1857, taking
the opinion of counsel as to the liability of the Trustees to repair fences,
&c.) ;—interest of debt;—improvements (that in 1859 being the removal of an
old archway);—and incidentals (under which head have been included payments for
income tax, and several items which should have been entered under the head of
law charges).
The Local
Act having been inserted in the Schedule to the last annual Continuance Act, it
was reported to the Home Secretary by the Clerk to the Trustees, on the 21st of
October, that two-thirds of the creditors had assented to the extinguishment of
the arrears of interest, and the reduction of the rate in future to Ł3. per
cent. In reference to this communication Sir George Grey requested that, as the
Local Act required the road to be repaired prior to the payment of the debt, he
might be informed whether the parishes concerned were willing to continue the
repair of the read, in case an arrangement should be sanctioned, and that
certain other information might be furnished. No reply has been made to these
inquiries, but the Trustees have proceeded with an Application to Parliament.
On the 1st
March Sir George Grey received the following memorial from the landowners and
ratepayers of the parish of St. Germans, calling his attention to the small sum
the Trustees propose to lay out in the repair of the road, and to the
compromise by which, to prevent opposition from the boroughs of Plymouth and
Devonport, they have offered to remove some of the tollgates affecting those
towns.
“To the
Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The
memorial of the undersigned landowners and
ratepayers of the parish of St. Germans in the
Showeth,
That an Act of Parliament was passed in the 4th year of the reign of King George IV. cap. 6-, for amending,
improving, and keeping in repair several
roads in the counties of
That, in and by the said last-mentioned Act of Parliament, it is declared that the tolls shall be applicable, after payment of
interest on the several mortgages which had been then made and granted, in
keeping the roads mentioned in the said Act in repair. That the roads referred to in the said Acts
pass through the boroughs of
That no part of the tolls
collected on the said road is at this present, or has been since the year 1840,
applied to the repairs of the said turnpike road through the parish of St.
Germans, or towards lowering or improving the very steep hills between the said
parish of St. Germans and Saltash ; but the same .road has been repaired and
kept in repair at the entire cost of the
said parish of St. Germans, through which the said road passes.
That the cost to your
memorialists of keeping the said roads in repair is very considerable, inasmuch
as the same are very much injured by the passing of heavy waggons to and from
the quays situate on the St. Germans River to places far beyond the said parish.
That there are about two miles of
the said roadway in the said parish of St. Germans, and that there are three
turnpike gates thereon, and that it is not possible for the inhabitants of the
said parish to go therefrom to any of the market towns in the neighbourhood
without paying high tolls to the Trustees of the said roads at two gates,
That the Trustees of the said
turnpike road employ a surveyor, and that his salary is paid out of the tolls
arising from the said roads, and that inasmuch as the repair of the said roads
is superintended by the surveyor of highways of the respective parishes through which the said road runs, such a
payment out of the tolls is unnecessary, and
it is believed by your memorialists that other unnecessary charges are
made out of the said tolls.
That the Trustees of the said
roads have applied to Parliament for an Act to extend their power to collect
tolls thereon for a further period of 21 years, and that a Bill for the purpose is now before
Parliament.
That at present there are
toll-gates on the said roads very near to the towns of Plymouth, Devonport, and
Saltash, aforesaid, and that a considerable revenue is raised at such gates,
and that your memorialists have been informed and believe that with a view to
prevent opposition to the passing of the said Bill, the said Trustees have
agreed to remove such toll-gates to a greater distance from Plymouth,
Devonport, and Saltash to the prejudice of your memorialists.
That your memorialists feel that
they would be greatly aggrieved if the said Bill were permitted to become law without any
provision being made therein for the
appropriation of a fair and reasonable proportion of the revenue arising
from the said tolls to the repair of the
said roads.
Your memorialists therefore
humbly pray, that you will use your utmost endeavours to prevent the passing of
the said Bill into law, unless and until the
said Trustees Have amended the same, by making provision for the application of a fair and reasonable sum out of the tolls
referred to therein, to the repair of
the said roads,
(Signed by the Earl of St. Germans, and 44 others.)
In Cornwall
Liskeard Road; A38 from Trerulefoot through Tiddeford and Landrake over Notter Bridge to Burraton Lane End, then B3271 through Saltash to Back Lane (about 7 miles)
St Stephen’s Road; UC road from Churchyard of St Stephen’s Next Ash to the almshouse in Saltash (about half a mile)
In Devon
Plymouth Road; UC road from Saltash Passage (Riverside) through North Tamerton to Weston Mill, then as A3064 by Milehouse to Plymouth Dock (about 3 miles)
St Budeaux Road; UC road from Milehouse, through North Prospect and St Budeaux to the Passage (about 3 miles).
Devonport Road; B3396 from Camels Head, through Keyham to Devonport (about a mile).
Other potential road to make 17 miles
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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 |
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B3271 |
Saltash to
Liskeard |
Almshouse |
SX |
4334 |
5878 |
CWCN |
SALTASH |
by the Union |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Saltash |
Taylor P. (2001),
"The Toll-houses of Cornwall", p74 |
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B3271 |
Saltash to
Liskeard |
Borraton Lane End |
SX |
413 |
594 |
CWCN |
SALTASH |
Burraton |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
Taylor P. (2001),
"The Toll-houses of Cornwall", p74 |
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Saltash to
Liskeard |
Mora |
SX |
4 |
6 |
CWCN |
SALTASH |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
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A38 |
Saltash to
Liskeard |
South Pill |
SW |
420 |
595 |
CWCN |
SALTASH |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
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A38 |
Saltash to
Liskeard |
Heskyn Hill |
SX |
34 |
59 |
CWCN |
ST GERMANS |
nr Heskyns Mill |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
|
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A38 |
Saltash to
Liskeard |
Tiddeford |
SW |
345 |
596 |
CWCN |
ST GERMANS |
at cross roads |
Trerulefoot |
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Saltash |
Taylor P. (2001),
"The Toll-houses of Cornwall", p73 |
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A38 |
Saltash to
Liskeard |
Trematon |
SW |
40 |
60 |
CWCN |
ST GERMANS |
Tiddeford |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
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Plymouth to St
Budeaux |
Badderley Lane
(Bladder) |
SX |
5 |
5 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
X roads between
Bladderley Lane & Pennycross |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
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A3064 |
Stonehouse to
Saltash |
Keyham Bridge |
SX |
462 |
557 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
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nr jct of
turnpikes in Grove |
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; Greenwood Devon
(1827); ; |
Saltash |
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UC road |
Stonehouse to
Saltash |
Little Ash |
SX |
438 |
582 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
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Little Ash off
Wolseley Road |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
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A386 |
Plymouth to
Saltash |
Pennycomequick |
SX |
474 |
553 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
Alma Road jct
with Saltash Road |
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pulled down ca
1924 |
; ; ; old Picture |
Saltash |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p46 |
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Plymouth to
Saltash |
Saltash Passage |
SX |
44 |
59 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
Saltash Passage,
nr quarry |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
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UC road |
Plymouth to
Saltash |
St Budeaux |
SX |
447 |
581 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
Bull Point |
Barne Road jct
with Wolseley Road? |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p44; 1871
census |
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|
UC road |
Plymouth to
Saltash |
Union |
SX |
455 |
571 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
nr the Union
Workhouse |
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; ; ; |
Saltash |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p44; 1871
census |
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UC road |
Plymouth to
Saltash |
Weston Mill |
SX |
458 |
579 |
DVPL |
PLYMOUTH |
jct with Mowhay
Road |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Saltash |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p44 |
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In the Milestone
Society Database, 9 are identified on A38, A388, A386 and UC roads in Cornwall,
2 on the A3064 in Devon – (based on Trust mileage, expect 20)
