FLINTSHIRE TURNPIKE RECORDS

Records of Flintshire Turnpike districts, 1769-1885, including Flint District records, 1781-1860, consisting of minute books, 1781-1858; account books, 1796-1860; and cash books, 1822-1860; Holywell District records, 1808-1863, consisting of minute books, 1808-1863; and account books, 1822-1863; Mostyn District records, 1769-1863, including minute books, 1769-1863; account books, 1792-1863; and cash books, 1822-1859; and Flint, Holywell and Mostyn District records, 1863-1885, including minute books, 1863-1885; and account books, 1863-1885.

Turnpikes were roads administered by trusts, authorized by private Acts of Parliament, to levy tolls in order to repay their subscribers. The turnpike roads in Flintshire were established in the late 18th century. By the beginning of the 19th century, there were 13 Turnpike Trusts in Flintshire, organised into three districts. The Flint, Holywell, and Mostyn District Trusts were administered separately, but had the same clerk and trustees. In 1863, an Act allowed the trustees to build new roads in addition to maintaining existing ones. The trustees, now meeting as one body, continued to meet until January 1885, when responsibility was passed to the local Highway Boards.

Arranged into the following: Flintshire Turnpike District; Holywell Turnpike District; Mostyn Turnpike District; Flint, Holywell and Mostyn Turnpike District.

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Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Turnpike Records catalogue; Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997); Veysey, A. G. (ed.), Guide to the Flintshire Record Office (Flintshire County Council, Denbigh, 1974).

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Flintshire Record Office.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Turnpike Records catalogue; Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997); Veysey, A. G. (ed.), Guide to the Flintshire Record Office (Flintshire County Council, Denbigh, 1974).

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All records deposited at Flintshire Record Office have been retained.

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