Teignmouth and Dawlish
Turnpike Road
This trust, created in
1823, was responsible for two branches of the roads between the estuaries of
the Exe and the Teign, and a number of minor connecting roads.
List of
Acts
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Teignmouth and
Dawlish |
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4 Geo4 c44 |
1823 |
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Teignmouth and
Dawlish |
More than
Doubled mileage of turnpike |
6 Geo4 c99 |
1825 |
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Teignmouth and
Dawlish |
More than
Doubled mileage of turnpike |
1&2 Wil4 c28 |
1831 |
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Teignmouth and
Dawlish |
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6&7 Wil4 c86 |
1836 |
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Teignmouth and
Dawlish |
Expired |
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1876 |
1876 |
Teignmouth Dawlish 1823
An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike
Road from East Teignmouth, through Dawlish, Starcross, and Kenton, to
communicate with the Exeter Turnpike Road in the Parish of Exminster, all in
the County of Devon. [23d May 1823.]
Teignmouth Dawlish 1825
for the Purpose of effectually maintaining and keeping in repair the
new Road lately made from
the Old Market House at East Teignmouth to Dawlish, as for
making, maintaining and keeping in repair a Road from Dawlish, by
the Road along the Sea Coast, to certain
Lime Kilns, and from near the said Lime Kilns by a new Line to the
Village of Wick, to join and fall into the Road from Dawlish to Cookwood, at or near a certain Bridge
called Shutterton Bridge, and from the
said Bridge by the said Road to Cofton
Common, lately inclosed, and
thence by a new Line of Road across a certain Marsh called Corford
Marsh, and down on the North Side of the said Marsh to Southbrooke, and
by the Road at the Back of Starcross to the Courtenay Arms at Starcross,
and thence by the present Road through Kenton, and over Kenton Bridge, and through Part of
the Parish of Powderham, to the Exeter Turnpike Road in
the Parish of Exminster; also a Road from the Lime Kiln aforesaid to Mount
Pleasant, and by the Side of the River Exe to Southbrooke ; also a Road from Dawlish by Gatehouse
and Gulliford, to the Middle Dawlish Road, and by the
said Road to Baples Bridge, and thence over the Hill to join the Exeter Turnpike
Road at Red Cross, together with a Road by Kenn Church to join
the Exeter Road at Red Cross aforesaid, and also to join the said
Exeter Road at Kennford ; also a Road from Southtown, by
the Road which passes between Mamhead and Oxton over Haldon to
Chudleigh also a Road from Kenton to the said Middle Dawlish Road,
to join the same at or near a Plantation called The Oaks.
Teignmouth Dawlish 1831
An Act to amend an Act of His late Majesty King
George the Fourth, for more effectually maintaining the Road from Teignmouth to
Dawlish, and for making Roads from Dawlish to the Exeter Turnpike Roads,
together with a Road from Southtown to Chudleigh, and certain Branches
communicating with the same, all in the County of Devon; and to make and
maintain other Roads communicating with the said Roads. [30th July 1831.]
should be
amended, for the Purpose of making and maintaining the new Lines of
Road and Deviations from the present lines of Roads herein-after mentioned;
(that is to say,) a Road from Dawlish to the Thorns-upon- Haldon in
the Parishes of Kenton and Chudleigh ; and to make Turnpike Road
the present Highway on the North Side of
Dawlish Water Vale, by Ashcombe,to the Thorns-upon-Haldon aforesaid,
in the Parishes of Dawlish, Ashcombe, Kenton, and Chudleigh, in
the County of Devon ; to make Turnpike the present Highway, with certain
Deviations therefrom, leading from the Thorns-upon-Haldon to West
Teignmouth, in the Parishes of West Teignmouth, Bishopsteignton,
Dawlish, Ashcombe, and Chudleigh, in the County of Devon ; to
make Turnpike the present Highway, with certain
Deviations therefrom, from the Top of Haldon Hill above Ashcombe
to Beggar's Bush on Haldon, in the Parishes of Ashcombe and
Chudleigh in the County of Devon ; to make Turnpike the present
Highway, with certain Deviations therefrom, leading from West Teignmouth to
Teignbridge, in the Parishes of West Teignmouth, Bishopsteignton, and
Kingsteignton, in the County of Devon.
Select Committee on State of Roads 1840
Mark Kennaway of
There are 26 miles 5 furl 19 pl of road thru 8 parishes – all repaired
by the trustees
9 toll gates and 7 side bar
The roads are stated to be in “good” condition – no part under
indictment for want of repair.
The cause of the
increase in interest paid in 1837/8 was that in the preceding 3 years, the
trust had under an Act of parliament obtained in 1831, extended the trust,
which originally had a mileage of 10 miles 6furl, to 21 miles, and in 1838
again extended it to 26 miles 5f.
List of Roads
Dawlish Road; A379 from the Old Market House at
East Teignmouth to Dawlish, and the Road along the Sea Coast, to the Lime Kilns, and then
a new Line to the Village of Wick, over Shutterton Bridge to Cofton
Common, lately inclosed, and
thence by a new Road across Corford
Marsh, and down the North Side of the Marsh to Southbrooke, along the Back of Starcross on the UC road to the Courtenay Arms at Starcross,
and then by the A379 through Kenton,
and over Kenton Bridge, and through the Parish of Powderham, to the Exeter
Turnpike Road in the Parish of Exminster
(parish Boundary?); (about 11 miles) (Terminus Stone is at Red Lodge Powderham)
Middle Dawlish Road; UC
Road N from
Dawlish by Gatehouse and Gulliford, by Black Forest Lodge on the Middle Dawlish Road, to Baples Bridge over
River Kenn, and thence over the Hill (via Old Dawlish Road) to join the Exeter Turnpike Road at Red Cross (just N of Kennford), together
with a Road by Kenn Church to
join the Exeter Road at Red Cross (just N of Kennford), and also
to join the said Exeter Road at
Kennford ; (about 8 miles)
Mamhead Road; UC Road from Southtown, Starcross, by Vennbridge and the
Road which passes between Mamhead and
Oxton over Haldon to Chudleigh (B3344 jct?); also UC Road from Kenton to the Middle Dawlish Road, near a Plantation
called The Oaks (Oakdene). (about 6 miles)
UC road
link from the Top of Haldon Hill above Ashcombe to Beggar's Bush on
Haldon,(about 1 mile);
Typical Teignmouth Tombstone style Milestone
used on the branch to Ashcombe. This one is near Little Haldon tollhouse above
Dawlish.
Typical Teignmouth Stone style
Milestone used on the
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