This trust was created
in 1753 as a town centred trust. Its
main responsibilities were (a) The old road to
Wells |
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26 Geo2 c76 |
1753 |
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4 Geo3 c77 |
1764 |
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19 Geo3 c32 |
1779 |
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2 Geo4 c12 |
1821 |
1842 |
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1883 |
Wells
1821
An Act for more
effectually repairing and improving certain Roads, leading to and from the City
or Borough of Wells, in the County of Somerset; and for paving, cleansing,
lighting, watching, and watering the said Roads, and the Streets, Lanes, and
public Passages within the said City or Borough, the Liberty of Saint Andrew,
and Suburbs of the said City or Borough; and removing and preventing Nuisances
and Annoyances thereon. [24th March 1821.]
Thomas Conway Robins of Wells (clerk to the trust) reported
There are 37 miles of road through 18 parishes – all repaired by the
trustees
9 toll gates and 5 side bar
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 36
miles 0 furl. 51 yds (similar to 1840)
List of Roads
(roads identified and mapped in “Somerset Roads
– the Legacy of Turnpike, by Bentley and Murless 1985”)
A39 Pipers Inn, Wells to Rush Hill
A371 Wells to Shepton Mallet
B3139 Wells to White Post
And some UC
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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 |
A39 |
Bath to Wells |
Chewton
(Worberry) |
ST |
6077 |
5394 |
SOME |
CHEWTON MENDIP |
Turnpike Corner,
Hoarbury Crossways, Chewton Hill |
there was a
plaque on the N wall of Worberry Lane |
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OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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B3139 |
Chilcompton
to Kilmersdon |
Old Down |
ST |
62980 |
51269 |
SOME |
CHILCOMPTON |
The Old
Turnpike |
Old Down,
Lynch Hill |
at jct with
Coalpit Lane |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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A39 |
Wells to
Glastonbury |
Hartlake |
ST |
5123 |
4094 |
SOME |
GLASTONBURY |
Hartlake Bridge |
Now a
commemorative stone, maybe replaced Coxley Gate in 1833 |
; ; ; |
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B3139 |
Wells to Shepton
Mallet |
Dulcote |
ST |
5645 |
4462 |
SOME |
ST CUTHBERT OUT |
Dulcote village
-assume Constitution Hill jct |
the location of
the fountain the villagers erected in 1861 "offered the perfect solution
for the empty triangle of land at the main crossroads where in the 1820's and
1830's a toll-house had stood". |
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
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B3151 (was
A39) |
Wells to
Street |
Street
(Mead) |
ST |
4860 |
3724 |
SOME |
STREET |
The Toll
House |
Glaston
Road |
opp. The
Mead, just south of roundabout where A39 now by-passes the town |
OS 1st
Series; ; Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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A39 |
Street to
Bridgwater |
Walton |
ST |
4658 |
3636 |
SOME |
STREET |
No. 21,
Turnpike Cottage |
Asney Road,
Walton |
jct with
Main Street and Quarry Batch |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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A39 |
Wells to
Glastonbury |
Northover bridge |
ST |
485 |
379 |
SOME |
STREET |
Northover, beside
bridge |
was replaced by
Mead Gate in 1783 |
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A39 |
Bath to
Wells |
Stoberry |
ST |
55070 |
46596 |
SOME |
WELLS |
Turnpike
Cottage |
Bristol
Hill, N of jct with Walcombe Lane |
behind
hedges, half way up hill out of town |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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A39 |
Wells to
Street |
Keward |
ST |
54202 |
44977 |
SOME |
WELLS |
The
Gatehouse |
Glastonbury
Road |
opp.
Nutricia factory, S of Police Station (replaced Southover in 1842) |
; ; ; |
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B3139 |
Wells to
Dulcote |
Tor Hill
(Fox Hill) |
ST |
55854 |
45490 |
SOME |
WELLS |
Tor Hill
Gate Cottage |
Tor Hill |
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; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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A39 |
Wells to
Glastonbury |
Coxley |
ST |
513 |
409 |
SOME |
WELLS |
Wells Road,
Southway (but note Stoppers Lane, Upper Coxley a little to NE) |
maybe replaced by
Hartlake |
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OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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B3139 |
Wells to Bath |
East Wells |
ST |
558 |
462 |
SOME |
WELLS |
Bath Road |
between Beryl
Lane and Hawker Lane jcts |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
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A39 |
Wells to Street |
Southover |
ST |
545 |
453 |
SOME |
WELLS |
Southover, opp
present Sherston Hotel |
was replaced by
Keward Gate in 1842 |
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OS 1st Series; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
In the Milestone Society Database, 13 milestones are identified along this road, mostly on the A371, A39 and B3139 most in a design referred to as Top Plate Casting. Based on the mileage reported by the Trust in 1840, would expect 39.