Turnpike trusts in South East England
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in South East 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 south east of England: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.
Berkshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Abingdon and Fyfield Turnpike Trust | 1755 | 28 Geo. 2. c. 42 | |
| Abingdon, Wootton to Swinford Turnpike Trust | 1768 | 8 Geo. 3. c. 61 | |
| Besselsleigh Turnpike Trust | 1771 | 11 Geo. 3. c. 97 | |
| Chilton Pond and Abingdon Turnpike Trust | 1756 | 29 Geo. 2. c. 81 | |
| Fyfield, Newbridge and St John's Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1732 | 6 Geo. 2. c. 16 | |
| Harwell and Streatley Turnpike Trust | 1803 | 43 Geo. 3. c. xcii | |
| Hinksey Road Turnpike Trust | 1756 | 29 Geo. 2. c. 81 | |
| Hurley Turnpike Trust | 1717 | 4 Geo. 1. c. 6 | |
| Leckford or Sousley Water Turnpike Trust | 1772 | 12 Geo. 3. c. 85 | |
| Maidenhead Turnpike Trust | 1717 | 4 Geo. 1. c. 6 | |
| Maidenhead to Cookham Turnpike Trust | 1779 | 19 Geo. 3. c. 84 | |
| New Windsor and Twyford Turnpike Trust | 1832 | 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. xvii | |
| New Windsor to Datchet Turnpike Trust | 1801 | 41 Geo. 3. c. xxxvii | |
| Reading and Basingstoke Turnpike Trust | 1717 | 4 Geo. 1. c. 7 | |
| Reading to Puntfield Turnpike Trust | 1713 | 13 Ann. c. 2 | |
| Shillingford and Reading Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 42 | |
| Speenhamland to Marlborough Turnpike Trust | 1725 | 12 Geo. 1. c. 8 | |
| Speenhamland to Reading Turnpike Trust | 1713 | 13 Ann. c. 28 | |
| Sunning-Lane End to Reading Turnpike Trust | 1735 | 9 Geo. 2. c. 21 | |
| Theale Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Twyford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Twyford and Theale Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. 73 | |
| Wallingford, Wantage and Faringdon Turnpike Trust | 1751 | 25 Geo. 2. c. 21 | |
Buckinghamshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Aylesbury and Hockliffe Turnpike Trust | |||
| Aylesbury to West Wycomb Turnpike Trust | |||
| Beaconsfield and Stokenchurch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bicester and Aylesbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bromham and Olney Turnpike Trust | |||
| Buckingham and Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust | |||
| Buckingham and Towcester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Buckingham to Hanwell (Upper Division) Turnpike Trust | |||
| Colnbrook Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ellsborough to West Wycombe Turnpike Trust | |||
| Great Marlow and Stokenchurch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Holyhead Road (Hockliffe Division) Turnpike Trust | |||
| Princes Risborough and Thame Turnpike Trust | |||
| Red Hill and Beaconsfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wendover and Buckingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wendover to Oak Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
Hampshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Aldermaston and Basingstoke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Andover and Basingstoke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Andover and Chilton Pond Turnpike Trust | |||
| Andover and Winchester, Andover District Turnpike Trust | |||
| Andover Station Turnpike Trust | |||
| Basingstoke, Hartfordbridge and Blackwater Turnpike Trust | |||
| Basingstoke, Odiham, Alton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Basingstoke, Preston Candover and Alton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bishops Waltham and Fisher's Pond Turnpike Trust | |||
| Botley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Christchurch and Lyndhurst Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cranbourne Chase and New Forest Turnpike Trust | |||
| Farnham and Petersfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gosport and Bishops Waltham, Wickham and Chawton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Isle of Wight Highways Turnpike Trust | |||
| London and Southampton through Bishops Waltham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lower St Cross, Mill Lane to Park Gate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lymington, Lyndhurst and Rumbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Odiham and Alton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Odiham and Farnham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Petersfield to near Ropley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Popham Lane to Winchester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Portsmouth and Sheet Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ringwood, Longham and Leigh Turnpike Trust | |||
| Romsey and Ringwood Turnpike Trust | |||
| Romsey, Broughton, Stockbridge and Wallop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Southampton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stockbridge and Basingstoke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stockbridge and Winchester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Titchfield and Cosham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Whitchurch and Aldermaston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Whiteparish, Romsey and Southampton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester and Alton, Lower District Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester and Gosport Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester and Romsey Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester and Waltham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester to Newtown River Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester to Petersfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winchester, Upper District (Bagshot to Farnham) Turnpike Trust | |||
Kent
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Ashford and Ham Street Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ashford and Maidstone Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ashford to Orlestone Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ashford to Tenderton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Benenden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bethersden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Biddenden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Biddenden to Boundgate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brandbridges Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bromley to Farnborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Canterbury and Barnham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Canterbury and Ramsgate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Canterbury and Sandwich Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chatham and Canterbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cranbrooke to Sandhurst Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dartford and Sevenoaks Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dartford and Strood Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dover and Sandgate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dover, Deal to Sandwich Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dover, Walfdershare to Sandwich Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dover to Barham Downs Turnpike Trust | |||
| East Malling to Pembury Green Turnpike Trust | |||
| Farnborough to Severnoaks Turnpike Trust | |||
| Faversham to Hythe and Canterbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Folkestone and Barham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Goudhurst Turnpike Trust | |||
| Goudhurst, Gore and Stilebridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gravesend and Wrotham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Greenwich and Woolwich Lower Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Herne Bay Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ightham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kippings Cross and Flimwell Vent Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kippings Cross and Willsley Pond Turnpike Trust | |||
| Maidstone and Biddenden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Maidstone and Cranbrook Turnpike Trust | |||
| Maidstone and Key Street Turnpike Trust | |||
| Malling and Strood Turnpike Trust | |||
| New Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Penshurst, Wat's Cross and Cowden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rochester and Maidstone Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rolvenden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sandwich, Margate and Ramsgate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sevenoaks Turnpike Trust | |||
| Shoreham to Chelsfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Snodland to Strood Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stockerhead to Chilham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stokershead to Bagham's Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tenterden Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tenterden to Warehorne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tonbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tonbridge and Ightham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tonbridge and Maidstone Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tunbridge Wells to Uckfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wadhurst and West Farleigh Turnpike Trust | |||
| West Peckham to Hadlow Turnpike Trust | |||
| Westerham and Edenbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Westerham to Titsey Turnpike Trust | |||
| Whistable Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wooodchurch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wrotham and Maidstone Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wrotham Heath Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wrotham Heath to Oxted Turnpike Trust | |||
Middlesex
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Bethnel Green to Church Street Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brompton to Fulham Road Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. clx | An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Brompton and Earles Court, in the Parish of Saint Mary Abbott's, Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, to communicate with the Road called Fulham Fields Road at North End, in the same County; and for making another Turnpike Road to communicate therewith from the High Road from London to Fulham, in the said County. |
| Camden Town to Holloway Turnpike Trust | 1824 | 5 Geo. 4. c. cxxxviii | |
| Cannon Street Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 40 | |
| Commercial Road Turnpike Trust | 1802 | 42 Geo. 3. c. ci | |
| Earls Court to Hammersmith Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1828 | 9 Geo. 4. c. ciii | |
| East India Docks Road Turnpike Trust | 1802 | 42 Geo. 3. c. ci | |
| Highbury to Shoreditch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Islington Old Street Turnpike Trust | |||
| Jeremy's Ferry to Snaresbrook Turnpike Trust | 1757 | 30 Geo. 2. c. 59 | |
| Kensington to Cranford Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1716 | 3 Geo. 1. c. 14 | |
| Kentish Town Junction Turnpike Trust | 1811 | 51 Geo. 3. c. clvi | |
| Marylebone to Finchley Road Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. xc | |
| Metropolis North of Thames Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. cxlii | |
| New North Road Turnpike Trust | 1812 | 52 Geo. 3. c. cliv | |
| Paddington to Harrow Turnpike Trust | 1801 | 41 Geo. 3. (U.K.). c. cxxix | |
| Pinner and Rickmansworth Turnpike Trust | 1809 | 49 Geo. 3. c. li | |
| Shoreditch to Goswell Street Turnpike Trust | |||
| Staines and Bedfont Turnpike Trust | 1727 | 1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 6 | An Act for repairing the Road from the Powder Mills on Hounslow Heath, in the County of Middlesex, to a Place called Basingstone, near the Town of Bagshot, in the Parish of Windlesham, in the County of Surrey. |
| Staines and Hampton Turnpike Trust | 1773 | 13 Geo. 3. c. 105 | |
| Tower Hill to Smithfield Turnpike Trust | 1812 | 52 Geo. 3. c. cxlix | |
| Wheatstone Turnpike Trust | 1711 | 10 Ann. c. 4 | An Act for repairing the Highway, between Highgate Gatehouse, in the County of Middlesex, and Barnet Blockhouse, in the County of Hertford. |
Oxfordshire
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Asthal and Buckland Turnpike Trust | |||
| Aylesbury, Thame and Shillingford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Banbury to Barcheston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barrington to Campsfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bicester, Aynho and Finmere Turnpike Trust | |||
| Botley, Fyfield, and Newlands Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burford and Lechlade Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burford, Chipping Norton and Banbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Charlbury Roads Turnpike Trust | |||
| Drayton Lane and Edgehill Turnpike Trust | |||
| Enstone, Heyford and Bicester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Faringdon to Burford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Galley Hill and Clanfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gosford Gate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Henley and Dorchester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Islip District Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kidlington and Deddington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Oxford Mileways | |||
| St Clements Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stokenchurch, Wheatley, Begbroke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stony Stratford to Woodstock Turnpike Trust | |||
| Thame and Bicester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Thame to Postcombe Turnpike Trust | |||
| Woodstock to Rollright Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
Surrey
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alford and Guildford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bagshot to Hertfordbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Blackfriars to Newington Butts Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bramley and Ridgewick Turnpike Trust | |||
| Croydon and Reigate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Egham and Bagshot Turnpike Trust | |||
| Epsom, Ewell, Tooting etc Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gatton Lodge to Povey Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Godalming and Painshill Turnpike Trust | |||
| Godstone and Highgate Turnpike Trust | 1718 | ||
| Guildford and Farnham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Haslemere Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kent Road to Deptford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kingston and Leatherhead Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kingston and Sheetbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leatherhead and Stoke next Guildford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Limpsfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ockley and Warnham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Reigate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Southwark to Kent Street Turnpike Trust | |||
| Surrey and Sussex Turnpike Trust | |||
| Surrey New Roads Turnpike Trust | |||
Sussex
[edit]| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alford Bars and Newbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Arundel to Petworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Beech Down to Heathfield etc Turnpike Trust | |||
| Beeding to Old Shoreham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Billingshurst to Broadbridge Heath Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brede Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brighton and Newhaven Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brighton, Cuckfield and West Grimsted Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brighton, Shoreham and Lancing Turnpike Trust | |||
| Broil Park-Gate to Battle Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burwash to Ticehurst Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chichester, Dell Quay and Fernhurst Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cosham to Chichester Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cowfold to Henfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Crouch Hill and Hurstpeirpoint Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ditcheling and Clayton Branch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Etchingham to Burwash Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ewhurst to Norian Turnpike Trust | |||
| Five Oaks Turnpike Trust | |||
| Flimwell to Hastings Turnpike Trust | |||
| Henfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Henfield to Brighthelmston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hodges and Cuckfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hollington and Hastings Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horley and Cuckfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horley Common to Uckfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horsebridge and Horsham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horsham and Crawley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horsham and Dorking Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horsham and Guildford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Horsham and Steyning Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hurstpierpoint and Cuckfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hurstpierpoint and Pontings Branch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lewes and Brighthelmston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lewes, Eastbourne and Hailsham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Malling Street to Wych Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mayfield and Wadhurst Turnpike Trust | |||
| Midhurst and Sheetbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Milford to Portsmouth Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| New Chappel, Linfield and Brighton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Offham and Ditcheling Turnpike Trust | |||
| Offham to Witch Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Petworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Pulborough to Horsham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Pyecombe and Hickstead Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ringmer and Hurst Green Turnpike Trust | |||
| Robertsbridge Clappers Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rowhook Branch Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rye Turnpike Trust | |||
| Shipley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sloughham to West Grinstead Turnpike Trust | |||
| South Malling to Alfiston Turnpike Trust | |||
| St Leonards and Sedlescomb Turnpike Trust | |||
| Staplecross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stoke, Guildford, Arundell Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stonegate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Storrington and Ball's Hut Turnpike Trust | |||
| Storrington and Wiston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tunbridge Wells and Mayfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Turnpike Trust | |||
| Worthing Turnpike Trust | |||
| Worthing and Lancing Turnpike Trust | |||
References
[edit]- Rosevear, Alan. "List of English Turnpike Trusts". Turnpike Roads in England & Wales.
- "Berkshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Buckinghamshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Hampshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Kent Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Middlesex Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Oxfordshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Surrey Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
- "Sussex 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.