Turnpike trusts in the East Midlands

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.

Derbyshire

Trust	Founded	Initial act
		Citation	Title
Alfreton and Derby Turnpike Trust	1802	42 Geo. 3. c. lxxxii
Alfreton and Mansfield Turnpike Trust	1764	4 Geo. 3. c. 67
Alfreton, Higham and Tibshelf Turnpike Trust	1786	26 Geo. 3. c. 151
Ashbourne and Yoxall Bridge Turnpike Trust	1766	6 Geo. 3. c. 79
Ashbourne to Belper Bridge and Ripley Turnpike Trust	1764	4 Geo. 3. c. 82
Ashbourne, Sudbury Brimington Turnpike Trust
Ashford and Buxton Turnpike Trust	1810	50 Geo. 3. c. clxxi
Bakewell to Bentley Turnpike Trust
Banner Cross to Fox House Turnpike Trust
Birkin Lane Turnpike Trust	1766	6 Geo. 3. c. 87
Brimington and Chesterfield Turnpike Trust	1766	6 Geo. 3. c. 80
Chapel en le Frith and Enterclough Bridge Turnpike Trust	1792	32 Geo. 3. c. 128
Chesterfield and Hernstone Lane Head Turnpike Trust	1758	32 Geo. 2. c. 43
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
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
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

Leicestershire

Trust	Founded	Initial act
		Citation	Title
Appleby Turnpike Trust	1759	32 Geo. 2. c. 47
Ashby de la Zouch Turnpike Trust	1753	26 Geo. 2. c. 46
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

Lincolnshire

Trust	Founded	Initial act
		Citation	Title
Alford to Boston Turnpike Trust
Bourn Turnpike Trust	1756	29 Geo. 2. c. 76
Bracebridge to Lincoln Turnpike Trust
Bridge-End Turnpike Trust	1804	44 Geo. 3. c. l
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
Wragby Turnpike Trust	1738	12 Geo. 2. c. 10

Northamptonshire

Trust	Founded	Initial act
		Citation	Title
Banbury to Drayton Turnpike Trust	1765	5 Geo. 3. c. 105
Buckingham and Hanwell – Weeping Cross Turnpike Trust	1743	17 Geo. 2. c. 43
Buckingham, Brackley, Banbury Turnpike Trust	1791	31 Geo. 3. c. 133
Crowland and Eye Turnpike Trust
Dunchurch Turnpike Trust
Hardingstone to Old Stratford Turnpike Trust
Higham Ferrers Turnpike Trust
Kettering and Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust
Kettering and Northampton Turnpike Trust
Lincoln Turnpike Trust
Little Bowden and Rockingham Turnpike Trust
Lutterworth to Badby Turnpike Trust
Market Harborough and Brampton Turnpike Trust
Market Harborough and Welford Turnpike Trust
Northampton (Hardingstone to Lathbury) Turnpike Trust
Northampton and Cold Brayfield Turnpike Trust
Northampton to Dunchurch Turnpike Trust
Northampton to Newport Pagnell Turnpike Trust
Nottingham, Melton and Kettering Turnpike Trust
Old Stratford to Dunchurch Turnpike Trust
Oundle and Weldon Turnpike Trust
Peterborough and Wellingborough Turnpike Trust
Stamford and Kettering Turnpike Trust
Thorney Road Turnpike Trust
Towcester and Cotton End Turnpike Trust
Towcester, Brackley to Weston Turnpike Trust
Wansford Turnpike Trust	1748	22 Geo. 2. c. 17
Wansford Road Turnpike Trust	1754	27 Geo. 2. c. 30
Warwick and Northampton Turnpike Trust	1765	5 Geo. 3. c. 107
Wellingborough and Northampton Turnpike Trust	1797	37 Geo. 3. c. 167

Nottinghamshire

Trust	Founded	Initial act
		Citation	Title
Bawtry and East Markham Common Turnpike Trust	1766	6 Geo. 3. c. 67
Bawtry Bridge to Hainton Turnpike Trust	1765	5 Geo. 3. c. 85
Bingham Turnpike Trust	1773	13 Geo. 3. c. 90
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
Worksop to Retford Turnpike Trust	1822	3 Geo. 4. c. xxxviii

Rutland

Trust	Founded	Initial act
		Citation	Title
Grantham Turnpike Trust	1738	12 Geo. 2. c. 8	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	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	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	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.

References

• Rosevear, Alan. "List of English Turnpike Trusts". Turnpike Roads in England & Wales.
• "Derbyshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
• "Leicestershire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
• "Lincolnshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
• "Northamptonshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
• "Nottinghamshire Turnpikes". Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts.
• "Rutland 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.

1. "Turnpikes and tolls". UK Parliament.