Formed as a Division
of the Lyme Regis Turnpike Trust (created in 1758) Its
primary responsibilities were for the road running inland from Lyme Regis to
Crewkerne; except for a short section in Uplyme, this road runs along the Devon
County boundary, then crosses into
10 Geo III ;26 Jan 1770
Petition of several Gents, clergy, freeholders and inhabitants of Lyme Regis, trustees of TP Act of 31 Geo II – they have borrowed £4000 and applied – great progress has been made but annual income is insufficient to answer purposes
And road between Colway turnpike gate in Parish of Lyme Regis and Charmouth to TP road between Penn Inn in Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum and Charmouth
And also road from TP road between Penn Inn and Axminster, by the Direction post at Greenway Head in Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum by Monkton Wild Farm, over Hawkchurch Hill to the Bottle Inn in Parish of Hawkchurch and thence to Marshalsea and Furzemoor Gate in Parish of Broad Windsor and to the Three Ashes in Parish of Crewkerne, where the Crewkerne TP terminates
And also the High Road leading from the TP
road on Uplyme Hill in Parish of Uplyme, across the Axminster TP, thru
2 Feb 1770
Lord Burghersh reported
To prove Mr Benjamin Follett, treasurer of trustees said £4k borrowed. Tolls produce £300/a – not sufficient to pay debt and keep roads in order – need powers to prevent evasion of tolls. Mr John Norman confirmed.
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Lyme Regis (Crewkerne
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31 Geo2 c43 |
1758 |
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Lyme Regis
(Crewkerne Div) |
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10 Geo3 c59 |
1770 |
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Lyme Regis
(Crewkerne Div) |
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39&40 Geo3 c28 |
1800 |
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Lyme Regis
(Crewkerne Div) |
Creates into 2
Divisions |
1/2 Geo4 c108 |
1821 |
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Lyme Regis
(Crewkerne Div) |
Extended by continuation
acts to 1855 |
18&19 Vic c87 |
1855 |
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Lyme Regis
(Crewkerne Div) |
Expired |
40&41 Vic c64 |
1877 |
Nov 1877 |
Lyme Regis, Crewkerne Division 1800
An Act for continuing for Twenty-one Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Term, and altering and enlarging the Powers of Two Acts, passed in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second and the Tenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing several Roads in the Counties of Dorset and Devon, leading to and through the Borough of Lyme Regis, and from the Turnpike Road on Uplyme Hill to the Turnpike Road at The Three Ashes, in the Parish of Crewkerne, in the County of Somerset, and other Roads therein mentioned. [16th May 1800.]
Lyme Regis, Crewkerne Division 1821
An Act for repairing, widening, and maintaining several Roads in the Counties of Dorset and Devon, leading to and through the Borough of Lyme Regis, and from the Turnpike Road on Uplyme Hill to the Turnpike Road at the Three Ashes, in the Parish of Crewkerne, in the County of Somerset. [8th June 1821.]
George
Hangeston of Lyme Regis (clerk to the Trust) reported;
There are 8 miles 35ch of road thru 6 parishes – all repaired by the
parishes, not the trustees
2 toll gates and 2 side bars
The roads are stated to be “in a very bad state of repair” – no part
under indictment for want of repair.
No. 8.—LYME REGIS ROADS.
The
existing Act for these roads (the lst & 2nd of George IV. cap. 108.) was passed in the year 1821 and repealed the
former Acts of the 3lst of George II., and the 30th and 40th of George
III. The term of the present Act would have expired with the session of 1842,
but has been extended by the several Turnpike
Acts Continuance Acts until the 1st day of November 1855.
The roads
belonging to this Trust were divided by the present Act into two districts,
called the " Lyme Regis Branch " and the " Crewkerne
Branch," of which separate accounts
have been kept of the income, expenditure, debts, &c. It therefore
appears desirable to state the particulars of each of these districts separately.
2. - THE
CREWKERNE BRANCH
The roads belonging
to this branch are about eleven miles in length, and are repaired by the
several parishes through which they pass. There are two tollgates on this
branch, distant respectively seven and eleven miles from Lyme Regis, clearing
each other; also two bars adjoining these gates. The full rate of toll allowed
by the Local Act is levied on this branch.
The debt
upon this branch is £1,550, which was advanced in the year 1771, but the amount now claimed is only £800. The accounts
show that the toll income has been very small, about £62. per annum,
being an average of only 12s per week, or less than 2s. a day at each of the
two gates. The funds have been expended in occasional repairs to toll-houses,
&c.; salaries (increased from £l6 to £19 per annum) law charges ; and
interest of the debt, since the year 1848, at which date the sum of -£442 7s,
6d. had accumulated in the treasurer's hand. The amount paid on account of
interest during the last five years has been £648, and the total arrears of
interest on the 31st of December 1853 amounted to £2,285 3s. 4d. of which a
large portion was unclaimed.
Crewkerne Road; B3165 from crossroads with A35 at Greenway Head by Monkton Wild Farm, over Hawkchurch Hill to the Bottle Inn in Parish of Hawkchurch, crossing the County Boundary into Dorset near Marshwood (Marshalsea) and on to Furzemoor Gate in Parish of Broad Windsor, over Blackdown, over Somerset County Boundary to the Three Ashes in Parish of Crewkerne, where it meets the Crewkerne Turnpike Road (about 11 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 23rd Sept
2013 |
erected by
(Turnpike Trust or Authority) |
Bibliographic
refs |
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B3165 |
Lyme to Crewkerne |
Blackdown |
SY |
397 |
028 |
DOWD |
BURSTOCK |
Blackdown,
Kittwhistle |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Lyme Regis and
Crewkerne Div |
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B3165 |
Lyme to Crewkerne |
Birdsmoor
(Marshalsea) |
SY |
392 |
009 |
DOWD |
MARSHWOOD |
Marshalsea,
Birdsmoorgate |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1826.; |
Lyme Regis and
Crewkerne Div |
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B3165 |
Lyme to Crewkerne |
Leymore |
SY |
3 |
0 |
DOWD |
MARSHWOOD |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1826.; |
Lyme Regis and
Crewkerne Div |
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B3165 |
Lyme to Crewkerne |
Marshwood |
SY |
382 |
996 |
DOWD |
MARSHWOOD |
jct with Mutton
Street, by church, in angle of lane to Duckpool |
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Lyme Regis and
Crewkerne Div |
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B3165 |
Lyme to Crewkerne |
Horn Ash |
SY |
398 |
045 |
DOWD |
THORNCOMBE |
Horn Ash, Oathill
Lane |
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Lyme Regis and
Crewkerne Div |
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In the Milestone
Society Database, no milestones are identified. Based on Trust mileage, would expect 8.
(excluding notices of meetings and letting of tolls)
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Apply
for Act (Almshouse, west end Charmouth, through Lyme Reis, Uplyme, Axmouth Culliford,
Seaton, by Hangmans stone to east end of Radice Viney Lane; Trowe, Sidford,
Sidmouth, Hartford, Newton Poppleford to Aylebear Hill and Exeter turnpike
road) |
19-Sep |
1799 |
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meeting
deed poll holders |
11-Mar |
1802 |
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meeting
re Act |
17-Jun |
1802 |
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apply
for improvement Act |
14-Sep |
1820 |
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tenders
to build new road |
28-Oct |
1824 |
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Lyme
to Charmouth road subsided after rain |
31-Jan |
1828 |
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£200
to be paid off |
10-Aug |
1854 |
