This trust was created
in 1757 as a town-centred trust. Its main responsibilities were a network of
roads leading into the market town from surrounding areas of East Somerset but
also branches into Wiltshire.
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Frome |
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30 Geo2 c39 |
1757 |
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12 Geo3 c94 |
1772 |
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37 Geo3 c175 |
1797 |
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50 Geo3 c62 |
1810 |
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2 Wil4 |
1831 |
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Expired |
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1870 |
Frome
1810
An Act to amend
several Acts for repairing Roads leading to and through the Town of Frome in the County of Somerset, and for paving the
Footways and lighting the Streets within the said Town, and for removing Part
of the present Market Place in the said Town. [18th April 1810.]
Frome
1831
An Act for better
repairing and improving several Roads leading to and from the Town of
James Anthony Wickham of Frome (clerk to the
trust) reported
There are 41 miles 4 furl. of road through 17 parishes – all repaired by
the trustees
11 toll gates and 6 side bars
The roads are stated to be in “good” repair – no part under indictment
for want of repair.
In “Return of length of road in each Turnpike
Trust in
Trust reported 41
miles 1 furl. 0 yds (similar to 1840)
(roads identified and
mapped in “Somerset Roads – the Legacy of Turnpike, by Bentley and Murless 1985”)
A362 Frome to Waminster (Wilts)
A3098 Wallbridge Gate to Westbury (Wilts)
B3092 Frome to Maiden Bradley (Wilts) and road leading to Longleat
Several short sections braching out of Frome
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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 |
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B3090 |
Frome to Trowbridge |
Cottles Oak
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ST |
7657 |
4818 |
SOME |
FROME |
No. 121
(side building) |
Broadway |
jct with Egford Road & opp. Oakfield Road (suspect small
building to left was the TH) |
OS 1st
Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 &
12.; |
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Tattle House
(New) |
ST |
7 |
4 |
SOME |
FROME |
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;
; advert for lease of
tolls 1826, 24 & 12.; |
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A362/A3098 |
Frome to Warminster |
Wallbridge |
ST |
787 |
477 |
SOME |
FROME |
Wallbridge jct |
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OS 1st Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 & 12.; |
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Goose Marsh |
ST |
7 |
4 |
SOME |
FROME |
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; ; advert for
lease of tolls 1824 & 1822; |
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Bunns Lane (bar) |
ST |
7 |
4 |
SOME |
FROME |
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; advert for lease of
tolls 1822.; |
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Bradford's Bridge
(bar) |
ST |
7 |
4 |
SOME |
FROME |
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; advert for lease of
tolls 1822.; |
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Welsh Mills (bar) |
ST |
7 |
4 |
SOME |
FROME |
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;
; advert for lease of
tolls 1822.; |
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A361 |
Frome to Trowbridge |
North Hill |
ST |
7799 |
4838 |
SOME |
FROME |
jct with Berkley
Road |
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; ; ; |
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UC road |
Leigh on
Mendip to Vobster |
Soho (New
Soho) |
ST |
69557 |
47894 |
SOME |
LEIGH ON
MENDIP |
Toll House |
nr Coleford |
at jct with
road to Chantry |
OS 1st
Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 &
12.; |
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UC road |
Shepton Mallet to Frome |
Tadhill |
ST |
682 |
464 |
SOME |
LEIGH ON MENDIP |
Downhead |
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OS 1st Series; ;
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A362 |
Radstock to Frome |
Cole Lane |
ST |
76553 |
49631 |
SOME |
SELWOOD |
The Gables |
Coalash Lane jct |
at jct with
road to Great Elm (suspect may not be TH as OS map shows property on S side
and 1863 is very late date) |
OS 1st
Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 &
12.; |
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B3092 |
Frome to Maiden Bradley |
Bull's
Bridge |
ST |
7764 |
4431 |
SOME |
SELWOOD |
Old Toll
House |
Bull's
Quarries Road jct, West Woodlands |
is
this Goose Marsh?? |
OS 1st
Series; ; ; |
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UC road |
Frome to Nunney |
Critchill |
ST |
7591 |
4725 |
SOME |
SELWOOD |
Turnpike
Cottage |
Critchill |
dated 1860
- (suspect authenticity, as no documentary evidence for TH) |
OS 1st
Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 &
12.; |
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UC road |
Frome to Longleat |
Horse &
Jockey (Woodlands) |
ST |
79127 |
44689 |
SOME |
SELWOOD |
No. 21 |
East
Woodlands Road, jct with Feltham Lane |
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OS 1st
Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 &
12.; |
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A3098 |
Frome to Westbury |
Chapmanslade (Dead Maid) |
ST |
83758 |
48414 |
WIWW |
CHAPMANSLADE |
Turnpike
Cottage |
Chalcot Lane, Chapmanslade |
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OS 1st
Series; T.B. Greenwood Wilts map 1820.; ; |
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A362 |
Warminster
to Frome |
Whitbourne |
ST |
83932 |
44216 |
WIWW |
CORSLEY |
Toll House |
below Cley Hill |
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A3098 |
Frome to Westbury |
Rowe |
ST |
835 |
483 |
WIWW |
UPTON SCUDAMORE |
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; advert for lease of
tolls 1826, 24 & 12.; |
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A362 |
Warminster to Frome |
Bugley (Warminster) |
ST |
865 |
449 |
WIWW |
WARMINSTER |
was No. 32
Victoria Road |
demolished 1980 |
demolished 1980 |
OS 1st Series; ; advert for lease of tolls 1826, 24 & 12.; |
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In the Milestone
Society Database, 15 milestones are identified along this road, mostly on the
A362 and B3092 and UC roads, most in a design referred to as Frome Square
Plate. Based on the mileage reported by the Trust in 1840, would expect 42.
