This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the East Midlands.
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 East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland.
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alfreton and Derby Turnpike Trust | 1802 | 42 Geo. 3. c. lxxxiii | Alfreton and Derby Roads Act 1802 |
| Alfreton and Mansfield Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 67 | Derby and Nottinghamshire Roads Act 1764 An Act for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair, the High Roads leading from Alfreton in the County of Derby, through Carter's Lane, to a certain Place in the Town of Mansfield called Stockwell; and from the Bridle Gate at the Division of the Liberties of Blackwell and Hucknall, through the Town of Sutton in Ashfield, to the Mansfield and Newark Turnpike at or near Python Hill in the Forest of Sherwood in the County of Nottingham. |
| Alfreton, Higham and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust | 1786 | 26 Geo. 3. c. 151 | Derby Roads Act 1786 An Act for making, repairing, and widening the Road from Heage in the County of Derby through Alfreton to Tibshelf in the same County, and also a Branch from the same Road at or near Shirland Lodge, to Higham in the same County. |
| Ashbourne and Yoxall Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 79 | Derby and Stafford Roads Act 1766 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Ashborne to Sudbury, and from Sudbury to Yoxall Bridge, and from the Turnpike Road upon Hatton Moor to Tutbury, in the Counties of Derby and Stafford. |
| Ashbourne to Belper Bridge and Ripley Turnpike Trust | 1764 | 4 Geo. 3. c. 82 | Derby Roads Act 1764 An Act for widening and repairing the Road leading from Ashborne in the County of Derby, over Belpar Bridge, to the present Turnpike Road from Sheffield and Chesterfield to Derby, at or near a Place called Openwood Gate, and from Belpar Bridge to Ripley in the County of Derby. |
| Ashbourne, Sudbury Brimington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ashford and Buxton Turnpike Trust | 1810 | 50 Geo. 3. c. clxxi | Ashford and Buxton Turnpike Road (Derbyshire) Act 1810 An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from Ashford to or near to Buxton, in the County of Derby. |
| Bakewell to Bentley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Banner Cross to Fox House Turnpike Trust | |||
| Birkin Lane Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 87 | Derby Roads (No. 3) Act 1766 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike Road near the Nine Mile Stone from Mansfield, through Temple Normanton, Tupton New Enclosure, and Birkin Lanc, to Bunting Field Nook, in the Parish of Ashover, in the County of Derby. |
| Brimington and Chesterfield Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 80 | Derby Roads (No. 2) Act 1766 An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Brimmington and Chesterfield in the County of Derby, over the High Moors, to the several Places therein mentioned. |
| Chapel en le Frith and Enterclough Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1792 | 32 Geo. 3. c. 128 | Derby and Cheshire Roads Act 1792 An Act for repairing and improving the Road from the Town of Chapel-en-le-Frith, to or near to Enterclough Bridge, in the County of Derby; and also the Road from the Village of Hayfield to Marple Bridge, in the said County; and also the Road from the Village of Glossop, to a certain Gate called Claylands Gate, in the Township of Longdendale, on or near to the Side of the Turnpike Road leading from Mottram to Woodhead, in the County Palatine of Chester. |
| Chesterfield and Hernstone Lane Head Turnpike Trust | 1758 | 32 Geo. 2. c. 43 | Derbyshire Roads Act 1758 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Chesterfield to the Turnpike Road at Hernstone Lane Head, and also the Road branching from the said Road upon The East Moor, through Baslow and Wardlow, to the Joining of the said Roads again near Wardlow Mires, and also the Road leading between the said Road and Branch from Calver Bridge to Baslow Bridge, and also the Road from the Turnpike Road near Newhaven House to the Turnpike Road near Grindleford Bridge in the County of Derby. |
| Chesterfield to Matlock, Darley and Rowsley Bridges Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chesterfield to Tibshelf Side Turnpike Trust | |||
| Chesterfield to Worksop Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cromford and Belper Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cromford and Newhaven Turnpike Trust | |||
| Cromford Bridge and Langley Mill Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby and Burton on Trent Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby and Duffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby to Hurdloe House Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby to Uttoxeter Turnpike Trust | |||
| Derby, Mansfield and Nutthall Turnpike Trust | |||
| Duffield and Heage Turnpike Trust | |||
| Duffield and Sheffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Duffield and Wirksworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Glossop and Marple Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1803 | 43 Geo. 3. c. xviii | Road from Glossop Act 1803 |
| Haddon and Bentley Turnpike Trust | |||
| Ideridgehay and Duffield Turnpike Trust | |||
| London Turnpike Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Macclesfield to Chapel en le Frith Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Norton to Hathersage Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Okerthorpe and Ashbourne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Onecute Buxton Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Owler Bar Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield and Chapel en le Frith Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield and Gander Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sheffield and Glossop Turnpike Trust | 1818 | 58 Geo. 3. c. xxxv | Sheffield and Glossop Road Act 1818 An Act for making and maintaining a Road from the Town of Sheffield, in the County of York, to join the Marple Bridge Road in the Parish of Glossop, in the County of Derby, with a Branch to Mortimer's Road, in the Parish of Hathersage, in the said County of Derby. |
| 6 Geo. 4. c. xcviii | Sheffield and Glossop Road Act 1825 | ||
| 14 & 15 Vict. c. cxxxiii | Sheffield and Glossop Turnpike Road Act 1851 An Act for repairing the Road from Sheffield in the County of York to the Marple Bridge Road in the Parish of Glossop in the County of Derby, and the Branch to Mortimer's Road in the Parish of Hathersage in the said County of Derby. | ||
| Temple Normanton and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tideswell, Blackwell, Edensor and Ashford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tupton and Ashover Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wirksworth and Derby Turnpike Trust | 1793 | 33 Geo. 3. c. 152 | Derby Roads Act 1793 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Moot Hall, in Wirksworth to the Turnpike Road leading from Derby to Brassington, at or near to a Place called the Cross in the Hand, on Hulland Ward, and also the Road from the Moot Hall to another Turnpike Road leading from the Cross-Post on Wirksworth Moor to Matlock Bath, at or near to a Place called the Steeple House, in the Township of Wirksworth aforesaid, all in the County of Derby. |
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Appleby Turnpike Trust | 1759 | 33 Geo. 2. c. 47 | Derby, Leicester and Warwick Roads Act 1759 An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, several Roads therein mentioned, lying in the Counties of Derby, Leicester, and Warwick. |
| Ashby de la Zouch Turnpike Trust | 1753 | 26 Geo. 2. c. 46 | Leicester Roads Act 1753 An Act for repairing the Road from the Borough of Leicester, in the County of Leicester, to the Town of Ashby de la Zouch, in the said County. |
| Bridgeford Lane and Kettering Turnpike Trust | |||
| Burton on Trent to Market Bosworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Desford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinckley and Lutterworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinckley and Melbourne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Hinckley and Narborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester and Lutterworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester and Welford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester to Coventry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leicester to Peterborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Loughborough and Ashby de la Zouch etc. Turnpike Trust | |||
| Loughborough to Cavendish Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Market Harborough and Coventry Turnpike Trust | |||
| Market Harborough and Loughborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Markfield and Whitwick Turnpike Trust | |||
| Melton Mowbray Turnpike Trust | |||
| Melton Mowbray and Grantham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Moira and Hartshorne Turnpike Trust | |||
| Pinwall Lane Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sapcote and Narborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Tamworth to Harrington Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Uppingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Wanlip Turnpike Trust | 1771 | 11 Geo. 3. c. 88 | Leicester Roads Act 1771 An Act to continue and render more effectual Two Acts, passed in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the First, and the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, for repairing the Road from Market Harborough to Loughborough, in the County of Leicester; and for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road branching out of the aforesaid Road at a Place called Filling Gate, to a Road called The Foss Road, and from thence to the Turnpike Road leading from Melton Mowbray to the Guide Post in Saint Margaret's Field, Leicester. |
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Alford to Boston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bourn Turnpike Trust | 1756 | 29 Geo. 2. c. 76 | Northamptonshire and Lincoln Roads Act 1756 An Act for enlarging and altering the Term and Powers granted by an Act made in the Twenty-second Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for effectually amending and repairing the Road leading from Wandsford Bridge in the County of Northampton, to the Town and Borough of Stamford in the County of Lincoln; and for repairing the Road from the Borough of Stamford to Stapleford Bridge in the Parish of Ryehall in the County of Rutland, and from thence to Bourne in the County of Lincoln. |
| Bracebridge to Lincoln Turnpike Trust | |||
| Bridge-End Turnpike Trust | 1804 | 44 Geo. 3. c. l | Grantham Road Act 1804 An Act for repairing, improving, maintaining, and widening, the road branching out of the great north road by the guide-post at the south end of Spittlegate, in the parish of Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, and leading from thence to the turnpike-road, or near Bridge End, in the same county. |
| Deeping and Morcott Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dexthorpe Turnpike Trust | |||
| Donington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Donington to Hacconbury Field Turnpike Trust | |||
| Foston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Grantham and Nottingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Grantham to Foston Bridge Turnpike Trust | |||
| Grantham to Swaton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Great Grimsby Haven to Irby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Holbeach Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leadenham and Southwell Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lincoln Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lincoln Heath to Peterborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Lincoln, Brigg, Barton and Caistor Turnpike Trust | |||
| Littleworth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Louth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Saltfleet to Louth Turnpike Trust | |||
| Scartho Turnpike Trust | |||
| Sleaford and Tattershall Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spalding and Cowbit Bank Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spalding and Donington Turnpike Trust | |||
| Spilsby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Stamford to Grantham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Swineshead and Fosdyke Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxxiii | Swineshead and Fosdyke Turnpike Road (Lincolnshire) Act 1826 An Act for making into a Turnpike Road a Road leading from the Cross Gate in the Parish of Swineshead, to the Southern Extremity of the Parish of Fosdyke in the County of Lincoln, and repairing and maintaining the same. |
| Wragby Turnpike Trust | 1738 | 12 Geo. 2. c. 10 | Lincoln (City) Roads Act 1738 An Act for repairing the Roads from the North West Parts of the County of Lincoln, through Nettlam Fields, Wraghy Lane, and Baumber Fields, to The Wolds, or North East Part of the said County. |
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | From | To | ||
| Banbury to Drayton Turnpike Trust | 1765 | 5 Geo. 3. c. 105 | Banbury to Lutterworth Road Act 1765 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Turnpike Road in Banbury, in the County of Oxford, through Daventry and Cottesbach, to the South End of Mill Field, in the Parish of Lutterworth, in the County of Leicester. | Banbury | Badby |
| Buckingham and Hanwell – Weeping Cross Turnpike Trust | 1743 | 17 Geo. 2. c. 43 | Buckingham to Warmington Road Act 1743 An Act for repairing the Road from the Town of Buckingham, in the County of Bucks, to Warmington, in the County of Warwick. | Aynho | Hanwell |
| Buckingham, Brackley, Banbury Turnpike Trust | 1791 | 31 Geo. 3. c. 133 | Buckingham to Banbury Road Act 1791 An Act for amending and widening several Pieces of Road, and opening and making several Pieces of new Road therein described, so as to make a convenient Carriage Road from Buckingham through Brackley, to join the Daventry Turnpike Road near Banbury. | Buckingham | Banbury |
| Crowland and Eye Turnpike Trust | 1817 | Crowland | Eye | ||
| Dunchurch Turnpike Trust | |||||
| Hardingstone to Old Stratford Turnpike Trust | 1768 | ||||
| Higham Ferrers Turnpike Trust | 1754 | ||||
| Kettering and Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust | 1754 | ||||
| Kettering and Northampton Turnpike Trust | 1819 | ||||
| Lincoln Turnpike Trust | 1756 | ||||
| Little Bowden and Rockingham Turnpike Trust | 1793 | ||||
| Lutterworth to Badby Turnpike Trust | 1765 | ||||
| Market Harborough and Brampton Turnpike Trust | 1752 | ||||
| Market Harborough and Welford Turnpike Trust | 1722 | Northampton | Market Harborough | ||
| 1722 | Northampton | Welford | |||
| Northampton (Hardingstone to Lathbury) Turnpike Trust | |||||
| Northampton and Cold Brayfield Turnpike Trust | 1827 | ||||
| Northampton to Dunchurch Turnpike Trust | 1738 | ||||
| Northampton to Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust | 1710 | 8 Ann. c. 9 | Northampton Highways Act 1709 An Act for repairing the Highways between the House commonly called The Horseshoe House, in the Parish of Stoke Goldington, in the County of Bucks, and the Town of Northampton. | Northampton | Stoke Goldington |
| 1723 | 9 Geo. 1. c. 13 | Buckinghamshire Highways Act 1722 An Act for the enlarging the Term granted by an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highways between the House commonly called The Horseshoe House; in the Parish of Stoke Goldington, in the County of Bucks, and the Town of Northampton; and for repairing the Road from the North Bridge of Newport Pagnel, in the County of Bucks, to the said Horseshoe House." | Stoke Goldington | Newport Pagnell | |
| Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust | 1754 | ||||
| Old Stratford to Dunchurch Turnpike Trust | 1707 | 6 Ann. c. 77 | Old Stratford to Dunchurch Road Act 1707 An Act for repairing the Highways from Old Stratford, in the County of Northampton, to Dunchurch, in the County of Warwick. | Old Stratford | Dunchurch |
| Oundle and Weldon Turnpike Trust | 1794 | ||||
| Peterborough and Wellingborough Turnpike Trust | 1754 | Peterborough | Wellingborough | ||
| 1722 | Elton | ||||
| 1722 | Clopton | ||||
| Stamford and Kettering Turnpike Trust | 1794 | ||||
| Thorney Road Turnpike Trust | 1792 | ||||
| Towcester and Cotton End Turnpike Trust | 1794 | ||||
| Towcester, Brackley to Weston Turnpike Trust | 1757 | ||||
| Wansford Turnpike Trust | 1748 | 22 Geo. 2. c. 17 | Northamptonshire Roads Act 1748 An Act for effectually amending and repairing the Road leading from Wansford Bridge, in the County of Northampton, to the Town of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln. | ||
| Wansford Road Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 30 | Leicester to Peterborough Road Act 1754 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Leicester, to and by the North Side of the Town of Uppingham, in the County of Rutland, and to Wansford in the County of Northampton, and from thence to Peterborough in the said County of Northampton. | ||
| Warwick and Northampton Turnpike Trust | 1765 | 5 Geo. 3. c. 107 | Warwick and Northampton Road Act 1765 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Great Bridge in the Borough of Warwick, through Southam and Daventry, to the Town of Northampton. | Warwick | Northampton |
| Wellingborough and Northampton Turnpike Trust | 1797 | 37 Geo. 3. c. 167 | Wellingborough and Northampton Road Act 1797 An Act for amending, widening, altering, and keeping in repair, the road leading from a place called Morton's Corner, in the town of Wellingborough, in the county of Northampton, to the east end of Abington Street, in the town of Northampton. | Wellingborough | Northampton |
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Bawtry and East Markham Common Turnpike Trust | 1766 | 6 Geo. 3. c. 67 | Yorks and Notts Roads Act 1766 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Bawtry in the County of York, to East Markham Common in the County of Nottingham and from Little Drayton to Twiford Bridge in the said County. |
| Bawtry Bridge to Hainton Turnpike Trust | 1765 | 5 Geo. 3. c. 85 | Notts and Lincoln Roads Act 1765 An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Bawtry Bridge in the County of Nottingham, to Hainton in the County of Lincoln; and from North Willingham to the North End of the Lane between Dexthorpe and Langton; and from West Rassin to Pilford Bridge; and from the Great Road near Bishop Bridge to Bishop Norton Common; and from the Hamlet of Morton to Epworth; and from Haxey Field to The Trent, at Kinnald Ferry in the said County of Lincoln. |
| Bingham Turnpike Trust | 1773 | 13 Geo. 3. c. 90 | Nottinghamshire Roads Act 1773 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Newark upon Trent, in the County of Nottingham, to join the Turnpike Road from Nottingham to Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, near the Guide Post on the Foss Road, near Bingham, in the said County of Nottingham. |
| Clown and Budby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Dunham and Darlton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Foston Bridge and Little Drayton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Gainsborough and Retford Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kirby and Pinxton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Kirklington and Hockerton Turnpike Trust | |||
| Leadenham and Southwell Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mansfield and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust | |||
| Mansfield to Worksop Turnpike Trust | |||
| North Road Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Derby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Grantham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Ilkeston Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Loughborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Mansfield Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham and Newhaven Turnpike Trust | |||
| Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust | |||
| Old Trent Bridge to Nottingham Turnpike Trust | |||
| Retford and Littleborough Turnpike Trust | |||
| Scrooby Turnpike Trust | |||
| Worksop and Kelham Turnpike Trust | 1770 | 10 Geo. 3. c. 92 | Nottingham Roads Act 1770 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Worksop to the Turnpike Road at Kelham, and from Debdale Hill to the Great Northern Road at South Muskham, in the County of Nottingham. |
| Worksop to Retford Turnpike Trust | 1822 | 3 Geo. 4. c. xxxviii | Worksop and West Retford Road Act 1822 |
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | ||
| Grantham Turnpike Trust | 1738 | 12 Geo. 2. c. 8 | Stamford and Grantham Road Act 1738 An Act for repairing the Road between Stamford and Grantham, in the County of Lincoln. |
| Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 39 | Bridgeford Lane, Nottinghamshire to Kettering Road Act 1754 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the North End of Bridgeford Lane, in the County of Nottingham, to and through several Towns and Places, in the Counties of Nottingham, Leicester, Rutland, and through Rockingham to the Bowling Green at Kettering in the County of Northampton. |
| Leicester and Peterborough Turnpike Trust | 1754 | 27 Geo. 2. c. 30 | Leicester to Peterborough Road Act 1754 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Leicester, to and by the North Side of the Town of Uppingham, in the County of Rutland, and to Wansford in the County of Northampton, and from thence to Peterborough in the said County of Northampton. |
| Oakham Turnpike Trust | 1773 | 13 Geo. 3. c. 108 | Rutland Roads Act 1773 An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the North Turnpike Road near Scot Gate, otherwise Scot Gate, in the Town of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln, to Oakham, in the County of Rutland; and from Oakham, through Burley, to a Gate on the North Side of a certain Close in the said Lordship of Burley called Booth’s Close, adjoining to the Open Fields of Cottesmore, in the said County of Rutland. |