Roborough and Dartmoor Turnpike Road (updated 24^th Sept 2013)

This trust created in 1812 had a road that ran from the Tavistock to Plymouth turnpike road at Yelverton, to the Prison at Princeton and the cross roads on Dartmoor at Two Bridges. It does not appear as an independent trust in 1840 and so may have passed its responsibilities back to the parishes after the road had been improved.

List of Acts

Dartmoor and Roborough		52 Geo3 c4	1812
	Not re-newed

Roborough to Dartmoor 1812

An Act for repairing the Road from Roborough Down to the Tavistock Road near Dart Moor Prison of War, and to Two Bridges, in the County of Devon. [28th February 1812.]

List of Roads

Dartmoor Road; From Yelverton as the B3212 to Princetown and on to Two Bridges to meet the Tavistock Turnpike (about 6 miles)

Typical Milestone on the Roborough road. This design referred to as Dartmoor Tombstone, it is found on the roads of other trusts on the moor.

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Known Tollhouses (extracts from Tollhouse National database) 2 identified

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

Princetown to Yelverton

Prince Town

SX

590

734

DVWD

DARTMOOR FOREST

Princetown, jct of Plymouth Road road to Prison

was the Roundhouse

; ; Turnpike Trust Returns 1824;

Dartmoor and Roborough

Jenkinson T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p98; 1871 census

B3357

Princetown to Tavistock

Ruddlestone

SX

576

749

DVWD

DARTMOOR FOREST

Ruddlestone jct

; ; Turnpike Trust Returns 1824;

Dartmoor and Roborough

Jenkinson T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p98

Known Milestones

In the Milestone Society Database, 4 milestones are identified on the B3212- all in a design known as Dartmoor Tombstone. Based on Trust mileage, would expect 7.

The milestones here are similar to others, on the roads of the Tavistock Trust on Dartmoor. It is possible that these were erected by a Dartmoor Highways Board on the site of older turnpike posts.

Mentions in Exeter Flying Post

(excluding notices of meetings and letting of tolls)

raising loan

22-Jul

1813