Turnpike trusts in Yorkshire
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in Yorkshire.
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 Yorkshire, split into the three ridings, North, West and East .
East Riding
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Beverley to Kendal House Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 76 | Beverley and Kexby Bridge Road Act 1764 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Beverley to Kexby Bridge, in the County of York. |
| Beverley to Kexby Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Beverley, Hessle and North Cave Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brough Ferry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Elloughton to Coney Clappers Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hull and Beverley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hull and Hedon Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hull and Hessle and Ferriby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hull and Kirk Ella Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leven to Beverley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Molescroft Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ottringham to Sunk Island Turnpike Trust | |||
| Patrington Turnpike Trust | |||
| White-Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wyton and Flinton Turnpike Trust | |||
| York to Kexby Bridge, Grimston & Stonedale End Turnpike Trust | |||
North Riding
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Boroughbridge and Durham Turnpike Trust | 1744 | 18 Geo. 2. c. 8 | Boroughbridge and Darlington Road Act 1744 An Act for repairing the High Road leading from Boroughbridge, in the County of York, through North-Allerton, in the same County, to Croft Bridge, on the River Tees, and from thence through Darlington, in the County of Durham, to the City of Durham. |
| Boroughbridge to Catterick Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gatherby Moor to Staindrop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Malton and Pickering Turnpike Trust | |||
| Middleton-tyas Lane to Greta Bridge and Bowes Turnpike Trust | |||
| Red House and Crofton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Reeth and Tan Hill Turnpike Trust | |||
| Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike Trust | |||
| Richmond to Lucy Cross Turnpike Trust | |||
| Richmond to Reeth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Thirsk Turnpike Trust | |||
| Thirsk and Masham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Thirsk and Yarm Turnpike Trust | |||
| Whitby and Middleton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Winston Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| York to Oswaldkirk Bank Top Turnpike Trust | |||
| York to Scarborough Turnpike Trust | |||
West Riding
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Almondbury to Austonley Turnpike Trust Meltham and Wessenden Head Turnpike Trust |
1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. ciii | Meltham and Austonley Turnpike Road Act 1825 |
| Balby to Worksop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bampton to Mexborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barnby Moor to Rotherham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barnsdale and Leeds Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barnsley and Grange Moor Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barnsley and Pontefract Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barnsley and Shepley Lane Head Turnpike Trust | |||
| Barnsley to Cudworth Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bawtry and Selby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bawtry and Tinsley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Birstall and Huddersfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bradford and Eccleshill Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bradford and Huddersfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bradford and Thornton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bradford and Wakefield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bradford to Colne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bradford to Heckmondwyke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brighouse Turnpike Trust | |||
| Brighouse and Denholme Gate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chadderton to Huddersfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Collingham and York Turnpike Trust | |||
| Colne to Broughton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dewsbury and Elland Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dewsbury and Leeds Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster and Bawtry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster and Salter's Brook Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster and Selby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster and Tadcaster Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster and Thorne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster to Boroughbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Doncaster to Wakefield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dudley Hill, Killinghall and Harrogate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ecclesall to Dore Turnpike Trust | |||
| Elland and Saddleworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Godley Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Greenfield and Shepley Lane Head Turnpike Trust | |||
| Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Halifax and Sheffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Halifax to Dewsbury Turnpike Trust | |||
| Halifax to Littleborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Harrogate and Boroughbridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Harrogate and Hewick Turnpike Trust | |||
| Haworth and Two Laws Turnpike Trust | |||
| Holme Lane End and Heckmondwyke Turnpike Trust | |||
| Huddersfield and New Hey Turnpike Trust | |||
| Huddersfield and Penistone Turnpike Trust | |||
| Huddersfield and Woodhead Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hunslet and Leeds Turnpike Trust | |||
| Keighley and Bradford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Keighley and Halifax Turnpike Trust | |||
| Keighley and Kendal Turnpike Trust | 1753 | 26 Geo. 2. c. 86 | Yorkshire and Westmorland Roads Act 1753 An Act for repairing, amending, and widening, the Road from Keighley in the West Riding of the County of York, to Kirkby in Kendal in the County of Westmorland. |
| Kirkgate to Westgate in Wakefield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Knaresborough to Green Hammerton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Birstall Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Collingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Elland Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Halifax Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Harrogate Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Hebdon Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Holmfield Lane End Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Otley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Roundhay Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Selby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Tong Lane End Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leeds and Wakefield Turnpike Trust | 1757 | 31 Geo. 2. c. 63 | |
| Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. xcvii | |
| Leeds to Sheffield Turnpike Trust | 1757 | 31 Geo. 2. c. 63 | |
| Leeds, Woodhouse Carr and Meanwoodside Turnpike Trust | |||
| Liversedge to Cleckheaton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lockwood and Meltham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Long Preston to Sawley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Maltby to Barnby Moor Turnpike Trust | |||
| Meltham and Wessenden Head Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mytholmroyd and Blackstone-edge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Penistone to Grindleford (Mortimer Road) Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ripon and Pateley Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rochdale to Halifax and Elland Turnpike Trust | 1734 | 8 Geo. 2. c. 7 | Rochdale, Halifax and Ealand Road Act 1734 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, leading over a certain craggy Mountain, called Blackstone Edge, in the same County; and from thence to the Towns of Hallifax and Ealand, in the County of York. |
| Rotherham and Four Lane Ends Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rotherham and Pleasley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rotherham and Swinton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Rotherham and Wentworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Roundhay to Collingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Saddleworth to Thornsett Turnpike Trust | |||
| Salterhebble, Stainland and Sowerby Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sedbergh Turnpike Trust | 1762 | 2 Geo. 3. c. 83 | Lancaster and Westmorland Roads Act 1762 An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Kirby-Steven High-Lane Head in the County of Westmorland, through Sedbergh, to Greeta Bridge in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and from Bracken Bar Gate near Askrigg in the County of York, through Sedbergh, to Kirby Kendal; and also the Road from The Four Lane Ends in Marthwaite, to the Turnpike Road on Grayrigg House, leading from Appleby to Kirkby Kendal in the said County of Westmorland. |
| Selby and Market Weighton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheepscar to Leeds Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield to Hathersage Turnpike Trust | |||
| Shipley and Bramley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Shipley to Caisthorne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Skipton and Clitheroe Turnpike Trust | |||
| Skipton and Knaresborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Skipton and Otley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Standedge and Oldham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Swinton, Rawmarsh and Hooton Roberts Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tadcaster Bridge to Hob-moor Lane End Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tadcaster and Halton Dial Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tadcaster and Otley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tinsley and Doncaster Turnpike Trust | |||
| Todmorden Turnpike Trust | 1759 | 33 Geo. 2. c. 48 | |
| Wadsley and Langsett Turnpike Trust Wadsley, Langsett and Sheffield Turnpike Trust |
1805 | 45 Geo. 3. c. cvii | |
| Wakefield and Aberford Turnpike Trust | 1789 | 29 Geo. 3. c. 86 | |
| Wakefield and Austerlands Turnpike Trust | 1758 | 32 Geo. 2. c. 48 | |
| Wakefield and Denby Dale Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. xxxviii | |
| Wakefield and Halifax Turnpike Trust | 1740 | 14 Geo. 2. c. 19 | |
| Wakefield and Sheffield Turnpike Trust | 1757 | 31 Geo. 2. c. 63 | |
| Wakefield and Weeland Turnpike Trust | 1740 | 14 Geo. 2. c. 23 | |
| Wakefield to Pontefract Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wellington to Tong Lane End Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. iii | |
| Wetherby and Knaresborough Turnpike Trust | 1758 | 32 Geo. 2. c. 71 | |
| Wibsey, Low Moor and Huddersfield Turnpike Trust Bradford and Huddersfield Turnpike Trust |
1823 | 4 Geo. 4. c. liv | |
| Worksop and Attercliffe Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 52 | |
| York and Boroughbridge Turnpike Trust | 1749 | 23 Geo. 2. c. 38 | York and Boroughbridge Road Act 1749 An Act for repairing the Road from the City of York, over Skipbridge, to Boroughbridge, in the County of York. |
References
- Rosevear, Alan. "List of English Turnpike Trusts". Turnpike Roads in England & Wales.
- "Yorkshire 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.