Turnpike trusts in the East Midlands
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the East Midlands.
Between 1663 and 1836, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed a series of acts of Parliament that created organisations - turnpike trusts – that collected road tolls, and used the money to repair the road. These applied to major roads, around a fifth of the road network.[1] The turnpike system was phased out in the 1870s, and major roads transitioned in the 1880s to the maintenance of the new county councils.
The counties used for these lists are the historic counties of England that existed at the time of the turnpike trusts. This article lists those in the East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland.
Derbyshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alfreton and Derby Turnpike Trust | 1802 | 42 Geo. 3. c. lxxxii | |
| Alfreton and Mansfield Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 67 | |
| Alfreton, Higham and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust | 1786 | 26 Geo. 3. c. 151 | |
| Ashbourne and Yoxall Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 79 | |
| Ashbourne to Belper Bridge and Ripley Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 82 | |
| Ashbourne, Sudbury Brimington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ashford and Buxton Turnpike Trust | 1810 | 50 Geo. 3. c. clxxi | |
| Bakewell to Bentley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Banner Cross to Fox House Turnpike Trust | |||
| Birkin Lane Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 87 | |
| Brimington and Chesterfield Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 80 | |
| Chapel en le Frith and Enterclough Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1792 | 32 Geo. 3. c. 128 | |
| Chesterfield and Hernstone Lane Head Turnpike Trust | 1758 | 32 Geo. 2. c. 43 | |
| Chesterfield to Matlock, Darley and Rowsley Bridges Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chesterfield to Tibshelf Side Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chesterfield to Worksop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cromford and Belper Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cromford Bridge and Langley Mill Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby and Burton on Trent Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby and Duffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby to Hurdloe House Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby to Uttoxeter Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby, Mansfield and Nutthall Turnpike Trust | |||
| Duffield and Heage Turnpike Trust | |||
| Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Duffield and Wirksworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Glossop and Marple Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1803 | 43 Geo. 3. c. xviii | |
| Haddon and Bentley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ideridgehay and Duffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| London Turnpike Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Macclesfield to Chapel en le Frith Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Norton to Hathersage Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Okerthorpe and Ashbourne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Onecute Buxton Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Owler Bar Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield and Chapel en le Frith Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield and Gander Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield and Glossop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Temple Normanton and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tideswell, Blackwell, Edensor and Ashford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tupton and Ashover Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wirksworth and Derby Turnpike Trust | 1793 | 33 Geo. 3. c. 152 | |
Leicestershire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Appleby Turnpike Trust | 1759 | 32 Geo. 2. c. 47 | |
| Ashby de la Zouch Turnpike Trust | 1753 | 26 Geo. 2. c. 46 | |
| Bridgeford Lane and Kettering Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burton on Trent to Market Bosworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Desford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinckley and Lutterworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinckley and Melbourne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinckley and Narborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester and Lutterworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester and Welford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester to Coventry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester to Peterborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Loughborough and Ashby de la Zouch etc. Turnpike Trust | |||
| Loughborough to Cavendish Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Market Harborough and Coventry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Market Harborough and Loughborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Markfield and Whitwick Turnpike Trust | |||
| Melton Mowbray Turnpike Trust | |||
| Melton Mowbray and Grantham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Moira and Hartshorne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Pinwall Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sapcote and Narborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tamworth to Harrington Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Uppingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wanlip Turnpike Trust | 1771 | 11 Geo. 3. c. 88 | |
Lincolnshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alford to Boston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bourn Turnpike Trust | 1756 | 29 Geo. 2. c. 76 | |
| Bracebridge to Lincoln Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bridge-End Turnpike Trust | 1804 | 44 Geo. 3. c. l | |
| Deeping and Morcott Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dexthorpe Turnpike Trust | |||
| Donington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Donington to Hacconbury Field Turnpike Trust | |||
| Foston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Grantham and Nottingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Grantham to Foston Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Grantham to Swaton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Great Grimsby Haven to Irby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Holbeach Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leadenham and Southwell Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lincoln Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lincoln Heath to Peterborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lincoln, Brigg, Barton and Caistor Turnpike Trust | |||
| Littleworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Louth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Saltfleet to Louth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Scartho Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sleaford and Tattershall Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spalding and Cowbit Bank Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spalding and Donington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spilsby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stamford to Grantham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Swineshead and Fosdyke Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxxiii | |
| Wragby Turnpike Trust | 1738 | 12 Geo. 2. c. 10 | |
Northamptonshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | From | To | ||
| Banbury to Drayton Turnpike Trust | 1765 | 5 Geo. 3. c. 105 | Oxford and Leicester Roads Act 1765 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Turnpike Road in Banbury, in the County of Oxford, through Daventry and Cottesbach, to the South End of Mill Field, in the Parish of Latterworth, in the County of Leicester. |
Banbury | Badby |
| Buckingham and Hanwell – Weeping Cross Turnpike Trust | 1743 | 17 Geo. 2. c. 43 | Buckingham to Warmington Road Act 1743 An Act for repairing the Road from the Town of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks, to Warmington, in the County of Warwick. |
Aynho | Hanwell |
| Buckingham, Brackley, Banbury Turnpike Trust | 1791 | 31 Geo. 3. c. 133 | Buckingham to Banbury Road Act 1791 | Buckingham | Banbury |
| Crowland and Eye Turnpike Trust | 1817 | Crowland | Eye | ||
| Dunchurch Turnpike Trust | |||||
| Hardingstone to Old Stratford Turnpike Trust | 1768 | ||||
| Higham Ferrers Turnpike Trust | 1754 | ||||
| Kettering and Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust | 1754 | ||||
| Kettering and Northampton Turnpike Trust | 1819 | ||||
| Lincoln Turnpike Trust | 1756 | ||||
| Little Bowden and Rockingham Turnpike Trust | 1793 | ||||
| Lutterworth to Badby Turnpike Trust | 1765 | ||||
| Market Harborough and Brampton Turnpike Trust | 1752 | ||||
| Market Harborough and Welford Turnpike Trust | 1722 | Northampton | Market Harborough | ||
| 1722 | Northampton | Welford | |||
| Northampton (Hardingstone to Lathbury) Turnpike Trust | |||||
| Northampton and Cold Brayfield Turnpike Trust | 1827 | ||||
| Northampton to Dunchurch Turnpike Trust | 1738 | ||||
| Northampton to Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust | 1710 | 8 Ann. c. 9 | Northampton Highways Act 1709 An Act for repairing the Highways between the House commonly called The Horseshoe House, in the Parish of Stoke Goldington, in the County of Bucks, and the Town of Northampton. |
Northampton | Stoke Goldington |
| 1723 | 9 Geo. 1. c. 13 | Buckinghamshire Highways Act 1722 An Act for the enlarging the Term granted by an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highways between the House commonly called The Horseshoe House; in the Parish of Stoke Goldington, in the County of Bucks, and the Town of Northampton; and for repairing the Road from the North Bridge of Newport Pagnel, in the County of Bucks, to the said Horseshoe House." |
Stoke Goldington | Newport Pagnell | |
| Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust | 1754 | ||||
| Old Stratford to Dunchurch Turnpike Trust | 1707 | ||||
| Oundle and Weldon Turnpike Trust | 1794 | ||||
| Peterborough and Wellingborough Turnpike Trust | 1754 | Peterborough | Wellingborough | ||
| 1722 | Elton | ||||
| 1722 | Clopton | ||||
| Stamford and Kettering Turnpike Trust | 1794 | ||||
| Thorney Road Turnpike Trust | 1792 | ||||
| Towcester and Cotton End Turnpike Trust | 1794 | ||||
| Towcester, Brackley to Weston Turnpike Trust | 1757 | ||||
| Wansford Turnpike Trust | 1748 | 22 Geo. 2. c. 17 | |||
| Wansford Road Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 30 | |||
| Warwick and Northampton Turnpike Trust | 1765 | 5 Geo. 3. c. 107 | Warwick and Northampton Road Act 1765 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Great Bridge in the Borough of Warwick, through Southam and Daventry, to the Town of Northampton. |
Warwick | Northampton |
| Wellingborough and Northampton Turnpike Trust | 1797 | 37 Geo. 3. c. 167 | Wellingborough and Northampton Road Act 1797 An Act for amending, widening, altering, and keeping in repair, the road leading from a place called Morton's Corner, in the town of Wellingborough, in the county of Northampton, to the east end of Abington Street, in the town of Northampton. |
Wellingborough | Northampton |
Nottinghamshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Bawtry and East Markham Common Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 67 | |
| Bawtry Bridge to Hainton Turnpike Trust | 1765 | 5 Geo. 3. c. 85 | |
| Bingham Turnpike Trust | 1773 | 13 Geo. 3. c. 90 | |
| Clown and Budby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dunham and Darlton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Foston Bridge and Little Drayton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gainsborough and Retford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kirby and Pinxton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kirklington and Hockerton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leadenham and Southwell Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mansfield and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mansfield to Worksop Turnpike Trust | |||
| North Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Derby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Grantham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Ilkeston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Loughborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Mansfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Newhaven Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust | |||
| Old Trent Bridge to Nottingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Retford and Littleborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Scrooby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Worksop and Kelham Turnpike Trust | 1770 | 10 Geo. 3. c. 92 | |
| Worksop to Retford Turnpike Trust | 1822 | 3 Geo. 4. c. xxxviii | |
Rutland
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Grantham Turnpike Trust | 1738 | 12 Geo. 2. c. 8 | An Act for repairing the Road between Stamford and Grantham, in the County of Lincoln. |
| Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 39 | An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the North End of Bridgeford Lane, in the County of Nottingham, to and through several Towns and Places, in the Counties of Nottingham, Leicester, Rutland, and through Rockingham to the Bowling Green at Kettering in the County of Northampton. |
| Leicester and Peterborough Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 30 | An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Leicester, to and by the North Side of the Town of Uppingham, in the County of Rutland, and to Wansford in the County of Northampton, and from thence to Peterborough in the said County of Northampton. |
| Oakham Turnpike Trust | 1773 | 13 Geo. 3. c. 108 | An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the North Turnpike Road near Scot Gate, otherwise Scot Gate, in the Town of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln, to Oakham, in the County of Rutland; and from Oakham, through Burley, to a Gate on the North Side of a certain Close in the said Lordship of Burley called Booth’s Close, adjoining to the Open Fields of Cottesmore, in the said County of Rutland. |
References
[edit]- Rosevear, Alan. "List of English Turnpike Trusts". Turnpike Roads in England & Wales.
- "Derbyshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Leicestershire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Lincolnshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Northamptonshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Nottinghamshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Rutland Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- Albert, William (2007). The Turnpike Road System in England: 1663-1840. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521033916.
- ^ "Turnpikes and tolls". UK Parliament.