This trust, created in
1772, cut a new road across the heart of Dartmoor, making a new connection
between the
18 Feb 1772 Moretonhampstead Road
Petition of gents, clergy, freeholders and inhabitants of Moretonhampstead
That road from Exeter TP at Reedy Gate in Dunsford thru Moretonhampstead and Parish of Bridford, North Bovey, Chagford, Widecombe, Lydford and Forest of Dartmoor to Cherry Brook (15 miles) is so very narrow, deep, founderous, ruinous, in decay and incommodious that for the greater part of the year is impassable.
25 Feb 1772
Mr Duntze reported
To prove the allegations Mr Christopher Gullett said it is very narrow
28 Feb 1772
Petition of trustees of Okehampton TP –
great deal of money has been laid out these roads – road thru Moretonhampstead
is over wild uninhabited Forest where a road never was, it will affect private
property and landed interests on roads from
5 Mar 1772
Sir George Yong reported
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Moretonhampstead |
Dunsford Reedy
Gate to Cherry Brook |
12 Geo3 c93 |
1772 |
|
Moretonhampstead |
|
31 Geo3 c117 |
1791 |
|
Moretonhampstead |
|
53 Geo3 c3 |
1813 |
|
Moretonhampstead |
|
3&4 Wil4 c6 |
1833 |
|
Moretonhampstead |
Expired |
|
1864 |
1864 |
Dunsford to Cherry Brook 1813
An
Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts of His present Majesty, for
repairing the Road from the Exeter Turnpike at Reedy Gate, in the Parish of
Dunsford, to Cherrybrook in the
Dunsford to Cherry Brook 1833
An Act for repairing the Road from Reedy Gate in the Parish of Dunsford, through Moretonhampstead, to Cherry Brook in the Forest of Dartmoore, in the County of Devon. [29th March 1833.]
Moses Woolland Harvey of Moretonhampstead (clerk to the trust) reported
There are 15 miles 4 furl 7 pl of road thru 6 parishes – no part of the
road is repaired by the trustees, the tolls not now realising sufficient to pay
the incidental expenses of the trust and interest on the debt; and consequently
is all repaired by the parishes through which the road runs.
4 toll gates
That part of the road which is situate in the parish of Lidford is in a
very bad state of repair, and against which an indictment is pending; all other
parts are “tolerably good”, but rather hilly.
The debt was honestly created; one part of it (£2000) was expended in
making a new road over Dartmoor Forest, towards Tavistock and Plymouth (and
near where the prisons of war were afterwards built) and where before no
regular road existed, and the remainder, which was borrowed in 1813 and 1814,
was employed partly in paying interest that had got into arrear on former deed
polls, obtaining an Act of Parliament, and cutting round several hills of some
miles in extent, that lay on the Exeter side of the town of Moretonhampstead,
and until when no wheeled vehicle could be used with any facility or dispatch,
if at all, but certainly not at all without great danger.
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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 |
B3212 |
Moretonhampstead
to Exeter |
New Bridge |
SX |
8077 |
8856 |
DVTE |
DUNSFORD |
Toll
Cottage |
Moreton
Road |
near jct
with Lee Lane, opp. chapel |
OS 1st
Series; Greenwood Devon (1827); Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
Moretonhampstead |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p100;
1841 census |
|
B3212 |
Moretonhampstead
to Princetown |
Bughead Cross (2
gates) |
SX |
734 |
854 |
DVTE |
MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
Bughead Cross |
|
|
OS 1st Series;
Greenwood Devon (1827); Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
Moretonhampstead |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p102; empty
in 1881 census |
|
UC road |
Moretonhampstead
to Exeter |
Folly Lane |
SX |
755 |
860 |
DVTE |
MORETONHAMPSTEAD |
Folly Lane |
behind Almshouses
on Cross Street |
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Moretonhampstead |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p100;
1861 census |
|
B3212 |
Moretonhampstead
to Princetown |
Two Bridges |
SX |
609 |
750 |
DVWD |
DARTMOOR FOREST |
Two Bridges |
|
|
; ; ; |
Moretonhampstead |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p98 |
|
B3212 |
Moretonhampstead
to Princetown |
Moor (Byhead) |
SX |
702 |
833 |
DVWD |
DARTMOOR FOREST |
Byhead Turnpike |
now modern
Moogate Cottage |
|
OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
Moretonhampstead |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p97 |
|
B3212 |
Moretonhampstead
to Princetown |
Postbridge |
SX |
648 |
789 |
DVWD |
DARTMOOR FOREST |
Postbridge |
|
|
; ; ; |
Moretonhampstead |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p98 |
In the Milestone Society Database, 9
milestones are identified on the B3212,
– most in a design known as Moreton four and Moreton rough. Based on
Trust mileage, would expect 16.
(excluding notices of meetings and letting of tolls)
meeting
re turnpike on |
12-Jul |
1771 |
meeting
re turnpike on |
02-Aug |
1771 |
survey
being made for TP on |
29-Sep |
1771 |
|
10-Apr |
1772 |
re
new road and gates |
22-May |
1772 |
build
Bridge at Postbridge |
12-Mar |
1773 |
Lett
Gates (Reedy Gate Dunsford to Cherry Brook in |
31-Oct |
1799 |
notice
of re repairs |
27-Aug |
1812 |
notice
of meeting regarding alteration of road from Reedy Gate to the town |
31-Mar |
1814 |
report
of meeting; Rev George Gregory will contribute 25% of cost of diverting road that passes thru Bridford
Wood to avoid steep ascent - open subscriptions at Exeter Banks. |
05-May |
1814 |
notice
re new road |
07-Aug |
1828 |
MW
Harvey replaces James Pitt as Secretary |
23-Oct |
1828 |
new
road to avoid Wormhill Bridge Hill |
13-Aug |
1829 |
notice
renewal of Act |
09-Nov |
1864 |