The Townshend Acts or Townshend Duties were a series of British acts of Parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 introducing a series of taxes and regulations to enable administration of the British colonies in America. They are named after the Chancellor of the Exchequer who proposed the program. Historians vary slightly as to which acts they include under the heading "Townshend Acts", but five are often listed:
Highway Act is a stock short title used in India, the United Kingdom and the United States for legislation relating to highways.
Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual Acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. At the peak, in the 1830s, over 1,000 trusts administered around 30,000 miles (48,000 km) of turnpike road in England and Wales, taking tolls at almost 8,000 toll-gates and side-bars.
The Highways Act 1555, sometimes the First Statute of Highways, was an act of the Parliament of England, which placed the burden of upkeep of the highways on individual parishes and that was passed in 1555. The act was amended, and extended, by the Highways Act 1562.
Toll roads in Great Britain, used to raise fees for the management of roads in the United Kingdom, were common in the era of the turnpike trusts. Currently there is a single major road, the M6 Toll and a small number of bridges and tunnels where tolls are collected. In addition, there are also two UK road pricing schemes, the London congestion charge and the Durham congestion charge.
The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884, also known as the Summary Jurisdiction (Repeal) Act 1884, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that clarified the Summary Jurisdiction Acts as amended by the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1879 and repealed for England and Wales statutes from 1691 to 1882.
The Criminal Statutes Repeal Act 1827 or the Criminal Statutes (England) Repeal Act 1827 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed for England and Wales enactments relating to the English criminal law from 1225 to 1826.
The Turnpike Roads Act 1773, also known as the General Turnpike Act 1773, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to turnpike roads in England and Wales.
The Turnpike Roads Act 1766, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to turnpike roads in England and Wales.
The Highways Act 1766, was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that consolidated all acts relating to highways in England and Wales.
This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the East of England.
The Select Committee on Temporary Laws, Expired or Expiring was a select committee of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom appointed in 1796 to inspect and consider all the temporary laws of a public nature, which are expired or expiring.
