This trust was created
in 1762 to administer the roads running down the east bank of the River Tamar
into
10 Dec 1761 Tavistock
Pet of gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and
other in and near Tavistock and near
That road from Market Place in Tavistock
across church yard to lower Abbey gate over River Tavy, thru
And from South end of bridge by places
called Rock Jump, Knocker’s Hole and Manadon Gate to Old Town Gate in
And from Manadon Gate to Old Pound near Plymouth Dock
And from Tavistock to
And Galworthy to East end of
And road from Tavistock thru Milemead Lane, Lamerton Green, Tooldown, Milton Abbot, Church Town and Feldown Head to East of Greston Bridge in Parish of Dunterton, in road to Launceston,
And road from Tavistock by Wringworthy Lane Head and Beardon to Downton Gate in Parish of Lydford
And road from Tavistock by Hardwick and over Heathfield Down to a Public House called Riccard’s House, in Parish of Lamerton
Are very ruinous and dangerous for travellers and in many places carriages cannot pass without great difficulty
And that the Streets of Tavistock leading to East Bridge across River Tavy in road to Plymouth are very narrow and inconvenient and carriages frequently overturned, at great peril and danger to travellers and although taking down old bridge and building a new at Abbey Gate will be a great public convenience, it cannot be done without aid cannot be done without aid of Parliament
14 Dec 1761
Mr Rigby reported
To prove Mr Richard Turner said roads are ruinous
Mr Abraham Pike confirmed
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Vol
33 12 Geo III
18 Feb 1772
Pet of gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and principal inhabitants of Borough of Tavistock and of trustees of Act of 2 Geo III
They have proceeded and executed Act borrowed and expending a considerable sum of money but cannot sufficiently be repaired without continuation and enlargement
The road thru Matthew Street and Brook Street over river Tavy, by Tavyton and over Little Down and by Merreville Bridge and Two Bridges to CherryBrook in the Forest of Dartmoor in rd from Exeter to Tavistock thru Moreton Hampstead
And road from two bridges to Dunnabridge Pound in road from Tavistock to Ashburton
And road branching from the Callington TP leading thru Morwellham Lane over Morwell Down to certain Quays on the River Tamar are in some places very narrow.
25 Feb 1772
Mr Rigby rpt
To prove Mr Christopher Gullett said have borrowed and roads are ruinous
6 mar 1772
Petition of aldermen and Common council of
Bodmin and others and trustees of Bodmin TP (9 Geo III) and mortgagees of tolls
– note this and another act for
Cherry Brook is 15 miles from Tavistock
Note there are 3 Great TPS completed and in good repair thru Devon to
No public road was ever known over that
part of
20 Mar 1772
Pet of gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and
principal inhabitants of Dunheved otherwise Launceston and
There are already 3 Great Turnpikes,
Moretonhampstead is a small and inconsiderable place, The Forest of Dartmoor is
very hilly wild and uninhabited – all three roads West from
23 Mar1772 Pet of Mayor, Burgesses assistants and inhabitants Okehampton and trustees of Act of 1760 and mortgagees noting also the Dunsford Act
There is at present a great TP to
Okehampton and Lydford and to
Greater part of intended road is wild, bleak, mountainous and uninhabited and impassable for months in a year –will not be of public utility to build
Tavistock |
|
2 Geo3 c50 |
1762 |
|
Tavistock |
Road to |
12 Geo3 |
1772 |
|
Tavistock |
Breaks off the |
44 Geo3 c76 |
1804 |
|
Tavistock |
New roads
west of Tavistock down to the Tamar |
6 Geo4 c91 |
1825 |
|
Tavistock |
Expired |
30&31 Vic c121 |
1867 |
Nov 1867 |
Tavistock 1804
An Act for amending and repairing several Roads
leading from the Guildhall and Market-House in Tavistock, to New Bridge, to
Greston Bridge, to Downtown Gate, to Riccard's House, to Cherrybrook and
Dunnabridge Pound, and to Morwellham and New Quay, all in the County of Devon.
[3d July 1804.]
Tavistock 1825
An Act for more effectually repairing and
improving several Roads leading from Tavistock to New Bridge, and other Roads
therein mentioned, all in the County of Devon; and for making Diversions to
communicate therewith. [20th May 1825.]
And whereas the making and maintaining
of an Alteration or Diversion of the said Roads leading from Tavistock to Greston Bridge, commencing
at Tuell Down in the Parish of Milton Abbott in
the: said 'County of Devon, and terminating at Milton
Green in the same Parish; and also the making and maintaining of
another Alteration or Diversion in the same Road, commencing at Eastacott in
the Parish of Dunterton in the said County, and terminating at Greston
Bridge in the same Parish ; and
also the making and maintaining of another Alteration or Diversion in the said Road, leading from Tavistock to
Downtown Gate, commencing at Lanehead in the Parish of Mary
Tavy in the said County, and terminating
at Downtown Gate in the Parish of Lidford in the said County; and
also the making and maintaining of
another Alteration or Diversion in the said Road leading from Tavistock
to Downtown Gate, commencing at Wringwortby
Cross near Harford Bridge in
the said Parish of Mary Tavy and terminating at the River Dart in the Forest of Dartmoor in the said
Parish of Lidford; and also the making and maintaining a Road from Riccards House in the Parish of Lamerton in the said County, to Downtown Gate
in the said Parish of Lidford; and
also the making and maintaining of another Alteration or Diversion in the said
Road leading from Tavistock to New
Bridge, commencing at Ford
Street Toll Gate in the Parish of Tavistock in the said County, and terminating at the East
End of New Bridge in the same Parish; and also the making and
maintaining a Road from Cullacombe
Down in the said Parish of Lamerton, by Cbipshop, to near Hurlditch Horn in the said Parish of Tavistock ; and also the making
and maintaining a certain other Road
from Cullacombe Down aforesaid to the North End of Beckwell
Farm in the Parish of Milton Abbott aforesaid, and from thence to Lifton Town in the
Parish of Lifton in the said County ; and also another Road
leading from the Cross Road near Long Cross in the Parish of Lamerton
aforesaid, by Chillaton Hill Head, to Lew Down, in the Parish
of Lew Trenchard in the said County ; and also the making and maintaining a Road from the Guildhall
in Tavistock to a Lane leading towards Indiscombe in the said Parish of Tavistock;
and also the making and
maintaining of a Road from Hathfield near Hurdwick Lane in the Parish
of Lamerton aforesaid, to Yelloway Lane in the Parish of Milton
Abbott aforesaid; and also the making and maintaining of a Road from Milemead Head in the said Parish of Tavistock, to the present Turnpike-Road
near Hurdwick in the same Parish ; and also the making and maintaining a
Road leading from the Market House and Guildhall in Tavistock, to the
North End of Westbridge in the said Parish of Tavistock, would be of great Utility and Advantage, not only to the Public, but also
to the Proprietors and Occupiers of the neighbouring Estates:
Henry Cornish of Tavistock (clerk to the trust) reported
There are 51 miles 56 yards of road thru 12 parishes – 38 miles 7 furl
are repaired by the trustees under contracts and the remainder by the trustees
themselves
12 toll gates and 3 side bars
The roads are stated to be in “good” condition – no part under
indictment for want of repair.
In 1848 the trust reported 54 miles, 4 furlongs a small increase)
Greston
Bridge Road;
B3362 (was A384 ) from Tavistock to Greston Bridge,
through Milemead, Lamerton and Milton Abbott, Church Town and Fellhead, with a
loop down from Eastcott through Dunterton to reach Greystone Bridge.(about 9
miles) commencing at Tuell Down in the Parish of Milton Abbott, and terminating at Milton Green and Eastacott
in the Parish of Dunterton in the said County, and terminating at Greston Bridge
Mary Tavy Road; UC Road running SE from Wringworthy Cross (jct with A386) near Harford
Bridge, Mary Tavy to Moorshop Crossroads with B3357 (about 2 miles)
Dartmoor
Road; B3357
from Tavyton through Merryvale Bridge eastwards through Two Bridges, Cherry Brook
to Dunnabridge Pound and the River Dart at Dartmeet in the Forest of Dartmoor (in the said Parish of Lidford) (about 12 miles) (under
the 1772 Act - joins with Moretonhampstead turnpike near Cherrybrook))
Brentor Road
UC road from Tavistock N to Brentor from Hathfield
near
Riccard’s House Road; UC Road from Riccards House (North
Brentor) in the Parish of Lamerton, through Lydford to Downtown Gate at jct with A386 (about 5 miles);
New Bridge Road, A390
from Ford Street Toll Gate, Tavistock,
through Gulworthy to the East End of New Bridge
over the Tamar (about 4 miles)
ROADS DOWN TO THE QUAYS
Lifton Road
UC road from Collacombe Down to
the North
End of Beckwell Farm in the
Parish of Milton Abbot, and thence to Lifton to jct with A388 (about 6
miles);
Lew Down Road UC road from Long Cross (on Lifton Road) in the
Parish of Lamerton, by Chillaton Hill Head, Coryton, through
Uppaton and Chillaton to Lew Down, Lew
Trenchard (about 5 miles)
Earlier act of 1772 included below but this was repealed in 1804
Quays
Road; B3257 road from Hurldich Horn at jct with A390,
over Morwellham Down and then branch on UC to the Quays at Morwellham and
NewQuay on the River Tamar (about 2 miles) –
There are milestones on the B3257 going south from here to Bere Ferrers
– not clear when this was turnpiked or whether these were erected by the Quay
owners and carriers or the Highways Board.
Earlier
roads abandoned when new Plymouth Road constructed over Bedford Bridge;
Peter Tavy to Horrabridge; (section to
Moorshop is above) UC from Moorshop over Plaster Down to Horrabridge (about 4
miles)
A typical milestone erected by the Tavistock Trust in a design
referred to as large Tavistock tombstone. This one is located at Beardon, on
the A386, east of Lydford.
A
typical early milestone erected by the Tavistock Trust in a design referred to
as Old Tavistock post. This one is located by Lydford castle.
Typical
Milestone on the Tavistock road on
An older style of Tavistock Milestone dated 1832 on road
from Peter Tavy to Plymouth
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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 |
UC road |
Brentor to
Lydford |
Brentor |
SX |
472 |
810 |
DVWD |
BRENTOR |
Riccard's House,
later Brentor Inn at crossroads |
|
; Greenwood Devon
(1827); ; |
Tavistock |
|
||
UC road |
Brentor to
Lydford |
Stags Head |
SX |
46906 |
80591 |
DVWD |
BRENTOR |
Stags Head fork
below Brentor church |
|
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p30 |
|
UC road |
Chillaton
to Lewtrenchard |
Coryton |
SX |
4543 |
8462 |
DVWD |
CORYTON |
ruin of
tollhouse |
Coryton
Barton junction, beside River Lew |
at jct with
road to UC Coryton |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p30 |
|
B3357 |
Tavistock to Two
Bridges |
Merrivale Bridge |
SX |
545 |
751 |
DVWD |
DARTMOOR FOREST |
Merrivale Bridge |
W end nr Dartmoor
Inn |
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p29; 1861
census |
|
B3362 |
Launceston
to Tavistock |
Greston
Bridge (Greystone Bridge) |
SX |
3697 |
8032 |
DVWD |
DUNTERTON |
Angars Ball
Cottage |
Old
Greystone Hill |
east of
Greystone Bridge over River Tamar, at jct with minor road |
OS 1st
Series; ; advert; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p33 |
|
A390 |
Callington
to Tavistock |
New Bridge
Gunnislake |
SX |
43411 |
72240 |
DVWD |
GULWORTHY |
The Toll
House |
New Bridge
Gunnislake |
on Devon
bank of bridge over Tamar, controlling present road and direct road up hill |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p35 |
|
B3257 |
Gulworthy
to Bere Alston |
Morwell
Down |
SX |
45096 |
71188 |
DVWD |
GULWORTHY |
Rock
Cottage |
Rock Cross,
Morwell Down |
at cross
roads, opp. "The Rock", built 1832 |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p36 |
|
UC road |
Peter Tavy to
Plymouth |
Jordan Lane |
SX |
5137 |
6994 |
DVWD |
HORRABRIDGE |
Jordon Lane at
foot of hill |
No. 1 Commercial
Road |
site is
identified but building uncertain |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p39 |
|
A386 |
Tavistock to
Okehampton |
Lanehead
(Blackdown) |
SX |
503 |
793 |
DVWD |
MARY TAVY |
Mary Tavy |
|
|
; Greenwood Devon
(1827); ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p31 |
|
UC road |
Tavistock
to Chillaton |
Uppaton |
SX |
43768 |
80942 |
DVWD |
MILTON
ABBOT |
The
Roundhouse |
Chillaton
Hill |
on bend
half way up hill at jct with lane to farm |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p32;
1861 census |
|
A384 |
Tavistock to
Launceston |
Tuell Down |
SX |
424 |
781 |
DVWD |
MILTON ABBOT |
Tuell Down |
|
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p33 |
|
UC road |
Milton to
Chillaton |
Ramsdown |
SX |
421 |
803 |
DVWD |
MILTON ABBOT |
Ramsdown Cross |
|
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p32; 1861
census |
|
B3362 |
Launceston
to Tavistock |
Launceston
Road |
SX |
47264 |
74687 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
The Round
House |
Old
Launceston Road, Pixon |
at jct with
New Launceston Road |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p34 |
|
A386 |
Tavistock
to Okehampton |
Weir Bridge |
SX |
49287 |
75450 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
No. 79 |
Parkwood
Road |
at jct to
Wilminstone Industrial Estate, N of Kelly College |
OS 1st
Series; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p31;
1841 census |
|
B3357 |
Tavistock
to Dartmoor |
Hawkins
Shop |
SX |
4934 |
7469 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
Old Lodge |
Mount Tavy
Road |
beside turn
to Taviton Mill House |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p29;
1841 census |
|
UC road |
Tavistock to
Brentor |
Buddle |
SX |
48 |
75 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
Butcher Park Hill |
by Buddle Close |
may be duplicate
of Hurdwick |
; Greenwood Devon
(1827); ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p36 |
|
UC road |
Tavistock to
Lydford |
Hurdwick |
SX |
475 |
755 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
Hurdwick Farm |
|
may be duplicate
of Buddle |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p36 |
|
UC road |
Tavistock to
Exeter (old Road) |
Kilworthy Lane
(Exeter Lane) |
SX |
481 |
745 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
Exeter Lane nr
Barley Market |
|
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p38 |
|
UC road |
Tavistock to
Plymouth |
Abbey Bridge |
SX |
483 |
743 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
jct of Dolvin
Road and Whitchurch Road |
|
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p37 |
|
UC road |
|
Ford Street |
SX |
475 |
740 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
Two gates on Ford
Street and road leading to West Bridge |
|
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p35 |
||
UC road |
Tavistock to
Launceston |
Mount Hungary
(Hungary Hill) |
SX |
478 |
745 |
DVWD |
TAVISTOCK |
top of Rocky Hill |
|
closed ca 1822
replaced by Pixon |
; ; ; |
Tavistock |
Taylor P. (2009),
"The Toll-houses of Suffolk", p34 |
In the Milestone Society Database, 50
milestones are identified on the B3257, B3212, B3357, A386, and section of UC,
–in designs known as Quay stone (Morwellham area), Dartmoor Tombstone
(B3357), Tavy stone, Large Tavistock and old Tavistock Post. Based on the Trust
mileage reported in 1840, would expect 51
(excluding notices of meetings and letting of tolls)
notice
of meeting to contract for making
Merrivale to Cherrybrook section of road and bridge over River Tavy |
08-May |
1772 |
tenders
for new bridge over River Tavy |
29-May |
1772 |
notice
of re erection of gate at Pixen (or |
23-Oct |
1794 |
notice
of re repairs to road |
18-Jan |
1798 |
notice
of re appointing surveyor |
01-Feb |
1798 |
Lett
Gates (Tavistock to Plymouth Dock -extra payment if encampments) |
20-Sep |
1798 |
Special
meeting (Market House Tavistock, over Horrabridge, by Manadon Gate to Old
Town Gate Plymouth ; and Manadon to the Old Pound, Plymouth Dock) |
13-Jun |
1799 |
Lett
Gates (Tavistock to Plymouth Dock -extra payment if encampments) |
03-Oct |
1799 |
contractor
wanted for repair work |
12-Oct |
1809 |
erecting
tollhouse |
10-May |
1810 |
applying
to increase tolls |
10-Sep |
1812 |
meeting
re new road |
10-Apr |
1818 |