Ledger 1789 - 1809 and surveyors account book 1729 - 1809.
ADLINGTON AND BLACKROD TURNPIKE TRUST LANCASHIRE
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- Reference
- GB 97 COLL MISC 0041
- Dates of Creation
- 1789-1809
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- Two volumes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Turnpike trusts were authorised by private Acts of Parliament to administer roads on which tolls were charged at gates. The first turnpike trust was established by private Act of Parliament in 1663 to repair and maintain a 15-mile stretch of the Great North Road between Wadesmill and Royston in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The number of new turnpike Acts rose steadily from four in the 1690s, to 10 in the 1700s, 22 in the 1710s, and 46 in the 1720s. by 1750 most of the major through routes in England had been turnpiked. The most active period for the formation of turnpike trusts was between 1751 and 1772, when 389 new Acts were passed.
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Two volumes
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