Turnpike trusts in North West England
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in North West England.
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 north west of England: Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland.
Cheshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Ashton Lane End and Frodsham Turnpike Trust | 1786 | 26 Geo. 3. c. 139 | An Act for widening, amending, and keeping in Repair the Road from Flookersbrook Bridge within the Township of Newton, near Chester, to the South End of Wilderspool Causeway, and from the Market Town of Frodsham to Ashton Lane End in the Township of Ashton, in the County of Chester. |
| Chester and Frodsham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chester and Tarvin Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chester and Whitchurch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chester and Wrexham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chester, Neston and Woodside Ferry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Congleton and Buxton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Congleton to Prestbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cranage and Warrington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Frodsham and Wilderspool Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinderton and Birkenhead Turnpike Trust | |||
| Holmes Chapel and Chelford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hyde and Mottram Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lawton and Cranage Turnpike Trust | |||
| Little Neston to Hoose Turnpike Trust | |||
| Macclesfield and Buxton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Macclesfield and Congleton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Macclesfield and Nether Tabley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Macclesfield District of Sandon Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester and Buxton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nantwich and Congleton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nantwich and Middlewich Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nantwich and Weelock Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nantwich and Woore Turnpike Trust | |||
| Newcastle under Lyme and Nantwich Turnpike Trust | |||
| Northwich and Kensall Turnpike Trust | |||
| Runcorn and Northwich Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sandbach and Congleton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spann Smithy, Booth Lane and Winsford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spann Smithy, Linley Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stayley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stockport and Ashton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stockport and Warrington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stockport to Marple Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tarporley and Whitchurch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tarporley to Acton Forge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Thornset Turnpike Trust | |||
| Washway (Crossford Bridge to Altringham) Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wilmslow Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wilmslow to Church Lawton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wrexham to Barnhill Turnpike Trust | |||
Cumberland
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alston Turnpike Trust | 1778 | 18 Geo. 3. c. 116 | An Act for altering, repairing and widening, the Road from Summer Rods Bar, near the Town of Hexham, in the County of Northumberland, to the Town of Alston, in the County of Cumberland. |
| Brampton and Longtown Turnpike Trust | |||
| Broughham Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burtryford Road (Alston New Road) Turnpike Trust | |||
| Carlisle and Brampton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Carlisle and Eamont Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Carlisle and Temon (Military Road) Turnpike Trust | |||
| Carlisle to Skillbeck Turnpike Trust | |||
| Carlisle to Westleton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cockermouth and Carlisle Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cockermouth and Maryport Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cockermouth and Workington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Egremont to Salthouse Turnpike Trust | |||
| Keswick Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kingstown and Westlinton Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Longtown, Snab and Haithwaite Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Penrith to Chalk Beck Turnpike Trust | |||
| Whitehaven Turnpike Trust | |||
Lancashire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Addington and Westhoughton Turnpike Trust | 1817 | 57 Geo. 3. c. x | |
| Agecroft District Turnpike Trust | 1784 | 24 Geo. 3. c. 68 | |
| Ashton and Platt Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1800 | 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 73 | |
| Ashton under Lyne to Saddleworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Balderston and Burscough Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1814 | 54 Geo. 3. c. liv | |
| Barton Bridge and Moses Gate Turnpike Trust | 1804 | 44 Geo. 3. c. xxvi | |
| Barton Bridge and Stretford Turnpike Trust | 1811 | 51 Geo. 3. c. xxxi | |
| Blackburn and Preston Turnpike Trust | 1824 | 5 Geo. 4. c. lv | |
| Blackburn to Addingham and Cocking End Turnpike Trust | |||
| Blackburn to Walton Cop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolee Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolton and Blackburn Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolton and Nightingale Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolton and St Helens Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolton and Westhoughton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolton to Haslingdon Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bolton to Leigh Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burnley to Edenfield Chapel Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burnley to Tottington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bury and Bolton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bury to Blackburn, Whalley etc. Turnpike Trust | |||
| Clitheroe to Blackburn and Mellor Brook Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dryclough, Shaw, Rochdale Turnpike Trust | |||
| Eccles to Farnworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Edenfield Chapel and Bury Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Elton and Blackburn Turnpike Trust | |||
| Garstang and Herring-syke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gilda Brook and Irlam Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gisburne and Long Preston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Haslingden and Todmorden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Heath Charnock to Bolton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Heywood to Heaton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hulme and Eccles Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hulme and Stretford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hulton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ince, Hindley and Westhoughton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Irlam Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kirby Kendall and Kirby Ireleth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Liverpool and Preston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Liverpool, Prescot, Ashton and Warrington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Livesey Branch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester and Ashton under Lyne Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. 51 | |
| Manchester and Bury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester and Oldham and Austerlands Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester to Bolton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester to Newton Chapel Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester to Pilkington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester to Rochdale, Bury etc. Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester to Saltersbrook Turnpike Trust | |||
| Manchester, Denton, Stockport Turnpike Trust | |||
| Matherfold and Hardman's Turnpike Trust | |||
| Oldham and Ripponden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Pendleton District Turnpike Trust | |||
| Penwortham and Wrightington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Preston and Garstang Turnpike Trust | |||
| Prestwick and Bury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike Trust | 1750 | 24 Geo. 2. c. 17 | An Act for repairing the Road leading from the East End of Brumpton High Lane, in the County of York, to the Town of Richmond, and from thence, to and through the Towns of Askrigg and Ingleton, in the said County, to the Town of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster. |
| Ridghill and Lanes and Holehouse Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rochdale and Burnley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rochdale and Edenfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rochdale and Manchester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rochdale, Bamford and Bury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Saddleworth to Oldham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Salford to Wigan Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sharples and Houghton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Standedge and Oldham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stretford to Manchester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sudden Bridge to Bury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Swinton District Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ulverston and Carnforth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Warrington and Lower Irlam Turnpike Trust | |||
| Warrington and Wigan Turnpike Trust | |||
| Werneth and Littleborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wigan and Preston Turnpike Trust | |||
Westmorland
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Ambleside Turnpike Trust | 1824 | 5 Geo. 4. c. xiv | |
| Appleby and Kendal Turnpike Trust | 1760 | 1 Geo. 3. c. 43 | An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Appleby in the County of Westmorland, through the Township of Orton to Kirby Kendal; and from Orton to the Turnpike Road near Shapp; and from Highgate near Tebay, in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and Kirby Kendal, through the Town of Kirby Steven, to the Town of Market Brough in the said County. |
| Brough and Bowes Turnpike Trust | 1742 | 16 Geo. 2. c. 3 | An Act for repairing the Road from Bowes, in the County of York, to Brough under Stainmore, in the County of Westmorland. |
| Brough and Eamont Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1753 | 26 Geo. 2. c. 67 | |
| Brough and Middleton Turnpike Trust | 1817 | 57 Geo. 3. c. xlv | |
| Brough Bowes and Maiden Castle Turnpike Trust | 1769 | 9 Geo. 3. c. 75 | |
| Heronsdyke and Eamont Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1753 | 26 Geo. 2. c. 52 | |
| Ireby to Kirkby Lonsdale, Milnthorpe etc. Turnpike Trust | 1753 | 26 Geo. 2. c. 86 | |
| Kirkby Stephen and Hawes Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. xii | An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Kirkby Stephen, in the County of Westmorland, into the Sedberg and Kirkby Kendal Turnpike Road, and out of and from the same Turnpike Road to Hawes in the North Riding of the County of York; and a new Branch from Hawes aforesaid to the Village of Gayle, in the Township of Hawes. |
| Maiden Castle and Barrows Brow Turnpike Trust | 1769 | 9 Geo. 3. c. 75 | |
| Milnthorpe Turnpike Trust | 1758 | 32 Geo. 2. c. 69 | An Act for repairing, amending, and widening, the Roads from the South West End of Nether Bridge in the County of Westmorland, by Sizerghfellside, to Leven's Bridge; and from thence, through the Town of Millthrop, to Dixes; and from the Town of Millthrop aforesaid to Hangbridge; and from thence to join the Heron Syke Turnpike Road at the Guide Post near Clawthrop Hall in the County aforesaid. |
| Ulverston to Heversham Turnpike Trust | |||
References
[edit]- Rosevear, Alan. "List of English Turnpike Trusts". Turnpike Roads in England & Wales.
- "Cheshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Cumberland Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Lancashire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Westmorland 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.