This trust was created
in 1753. Its main responsibilities were (a) the bath road towards Wells (b) the
road towards SW Somerset through Ilchester and (c) a network of roads radiating
from the market town into
Shepton Mallet |
Creates 2
Divisions of Shepton Mallet Trust – one is the |
26 Geo2 c71 |
1753 |
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?? |
28 Geo2 c17 |
1755 |
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5 Geo3 c104 |
1765 |
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New roads to
White Post and |
20 Geo3 c83 |
1780 |
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31 Geo3 c120 |
1791 |
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Expired |
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1878 |
Arthur Constantine Phipps of Shepton Mallet (clerk to the trust)
reported
There are 52 and a quarter miles of road through 23 parishes – all repaired
by the trustees
16 toll gates and 8 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 51
miles 5 furl. 156 yds (similar to 1840)
List of Roads
(roads identified and mapped in “Somerset Roads
– the Legacy of Turnpike, by Bentley and Murless 1985”)
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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 |
UC road |
Doulting to
Long Cross |
Chelynch
side |
ST |
64934 |
43999 |
SOME |
CHELYNCH |
Toll
Cottage |
in village,
jct with Kings Road |
at jct |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A361 |
Shepton
Mallet to Frome |
Dean |
ST |
67938 |
44162 |
SOME |
CRANMORE |
Turnpike
Cottage |
Slait Hill,
E of Dean |
jct of
Turnpike Lane |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A361 |
Shepton Mallet to
Frome |
Cranmore |
ST |
681 |
442 |
SOME |
CRANMORE |
|
|
|
OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A371 |
Shepton
Mallet to Castle Cary |
Butwell |
ST |
63452 |
33812 |
SOME |
DITCHEAT |
Butwell
Gate Toll House |
Ansford
Bridge |
north of
bridge |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A37 |
Shepton
Mallet to Ilchester |
Pye Hill |
ST |
6122 |
3727 |
SOME |
DITCHEAT |
The Lodge |
Pye Hill,
at jct with road to East Pennard |
beside
crossroads of narrow lanes and main road, behind tall hedge |
; ; ; |
|
UC road |
Shepton
Mallet to Frome |
Long Cross |
ST |
6588 |
4514 |
SOME |
DOULTING |
Toll House |
Long Cross |
jct of Old
From Road, Old Wells Road and road to Chelynch |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A371 |
Shepton Mallet to
Castle Cary |
Prestleigh |
ST |
63 |
40 |
SOME |
EVERCREECH |
Turnpike Cottage,
Prestleigh |
|
|
; ; ; |
|
A371 |
Shepton Mallet to
Castle Cary |
Pecking Mill
(with a weighing engine) |
ST |
63 |
37 |
SOME |
EVERCREECH |
with weighbridge |
|
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A361 |
Shepton
Mallet to Glastonbury |
Glastonbury |
ST |
5068 |
3845 |
SOME |
GLASTONBURY |
No. 48 |
Chilkwell
Street |
opp.
WellHouse Lane |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A371 |
Shepton Mallet to
Castle Cary |
Lamyatt |
ST |
63 |
34 |
SOME |
LAMYAT |
|
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|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
|
|
Milton |
ST |
SOME |
Milton |
|
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
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A361 |
Shepton Mallet to
Glastonbury |
Whitstone |
ST |
624 |
413 |
SOME |
PILTON |
Old Toll House
(gone) |
Whitstone Hill
jct with East Compton Road |
|
OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A361 |
Shepton Mallet to
Glastonbury |
Pilton |
ST |
6004 |
4146 |
SOME |
PILTON |
|
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|
OS 1st Series; ;
; |
|
A37 |
Bristol to
Shepton Mallet |
Downside |
ST |
6240 |
4524 |
SOME |
SHEPTON
MALLET |
Mendip
Lodge |
Downside,
Bath Road |
N of
Downside Inn |
OS 1st
Series; ; Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A361 |
Shepton
Mallet to Frome |
Foss Lane |
ST |
63068 |
43131 |
SOME |
SHEPTON
MALLET |
Turnpike
Cottage, No. 67 |
Charlton
Road |
at jct with
Fosse Lane; by the Thatched Cottage Inn, part of the residential inn |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A371 |
Shepton Mallet to
Castle Cary |
Cannard's Grave |
ST |
628 |
418 |
SOME |
SHEPTON MALLET |
The Cannards, jct
of A37 and A361 |
|
|
OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A361 |
Shepton Mallet to
Frome |
Charlton |
ST |
63 |
43 |
SOME |
SHEPTON MALLET |
E of Shepton |
|
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
|
|
Easing Lane (with
a weighing engine) |
ST |
60 |
44 |
SOME |
SHEPTON MALLET |
|
|
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
||
B3136 |
Bristol to
Shepton Mallet |
Mendip Road (with a weighing engine) |
ST |
6 |
4 |
SOME |
SHEPTON MALLET |
|
|
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A39 |
Bath to Wells |
Ston Easton |
ST |
625 |
550 |
SOME |
STON EASTON |
Ston Easton gate |
|
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A367 |
Radstock to
Shepton Mallet |
Stratton |
ST |
649 |
486 |
SOME |
STRATTON ON THE
FOSSE |
Nettlebridgw |
|
|
OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
|
B3136 |
Bristol to
Shepton Mallet |
Steanbow |
ST |
6 |
4 |
SOME |
WESTPENNARD |
|
|
|
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
|
A371 |
Shepton Mallet to
Castle Cary |
Ansford |
ST |
640 |
332 |
SOSS |
CASTLE CARY |
Ansford |
|
|
; Trust map 1830;
; |
In the Milestone
Society Database, 29 milestones are identified along this road, mostly on the A361,
A367, A37, A371, B3081 and B3161, most in a designs referred to as Top plate
casting. Based
on the mileage reported by the Trust in 1840, would expect 52.