This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in South East England.

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. 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 south east of England: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.

Berkshire

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1755 Oxford and Buckinghamshire Roads Act 1755 1768 Abingdon to Swinford Road Act 1768 1771 Berkshire and Wiltshire Roads Act 1771 1756 Berkshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1756 1732 Fyfield and St. John's Bridge Road Act 1732 1803 Harwell Road (Berkshire) Act 1803 1756 Berkshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1756 1717 Maidenhead, Twyford and Henley Roads Act 1717 1772 Wiltshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1772 1717 Maidenhead, Twyford and Henley Roads Act 1717 1779 Maidenhead Roads Act 1779 1832 New Windsor and Twyford Road Act 1832 1801 New Windsor, Longford and Datchet Roads Act 1801 1717 Reading and Basingstoke Road Act 1717 1713 Berkshire Highways Act 1713 1764 Shillingford Roads and Bridge Act 1764 1725 Newbury to Marlborough Road Act 1725 1713 Berkshire Highways Act 1713 1735 Berkshire Roads Act 1735 1826 Ruscombe, Reading and Beenham Road Act 1826 1751 Berkshire Roads Act 1751

Buckinghamshire

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1810 Aylesbury and Hockliffe Road Act 1810 1795 35 Geo. 3. c. 149 Aylesbury to West Wycombe Road Act 1795 1718 5 Geo. 1. c. 2 Beaconsfield and Stokenchurch Road Act 1718 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 72 Bicester and Aylesbury Road Act 1770 1790 30 Geo. 3. c. 114 Bedford and Buckinghamshire Roads Act 1790 1815 55 Geo. 3. c. lxxv Road from Buckingham to Newport Pagnell Act 1815 1824 5 Geo. 4. c. cxli Road from Buckingham to Towcester Act 1824 1743 17 Geo. 2. c. 43 Buckingham to Warmington Road Act 1743 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 31 Cranford to Maidenhead Road Act 1726 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 135 Great Marlow to Stokenchurch Road Act 1791 1706 6 Ann. c. 4 Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire Roads Act 1706 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. xlv Princes Risborough Roads Act 1825 1750 24 Geo. 2. c. 32 Beaconsfield and Redhill Road Act 1750 1720 Buckinghamshire Roads Act 1720 1750 24 Geo. 2. c. 32 Beaconsfield and Redhill Road Act 1750

Hampshire

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1772 Berkshire and Southampton Roads Act 1772 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 44 Wiltshire Roads Act 1755 1766 6 Geo. 3. c. 86 Hants and Berkshire Roads Act 1766 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 61 Dorset, etc., Roads Act 1762 1840 3 & 4 Vict. c. xxxi Andover and Basingstoke Road Act 1840 1736 10 Geo. 2. c. 12 Southampton Roads Act 1736 1795 35 Geo. 3. c. 138 Preston Candover to Alton Road Act 1795 1833 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. xvii Bishop's Waltham and Owlesbury Road (Hampshire) Act 1833 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 95 Hants Roads Act 1765 1841 4 & 5 Vict. c. xxii Christchurch and Lyndhurst Road Act 1841 1832 Cann St. Rumbold and Brook Turnpike Road (Dorset, Hampshire) Act 1832 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxx Farnham and Petersfield Turnpike Road Act 1826 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 73 Hampshire Roads Act 1757 1813 53 Geo. 3. c. xcii Isle of Wight Highway Act 1813 1801 Road from the Botley Turnpike Road Act 1801 1810 50 Geo. 3. c. xxii Road from the Winchester and Southampton Road Act 1810 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 59 Lymington Roads Act 1765 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 182 Odiham to Alton Road Act 1793 1789 29 Geo. 3. c. 89 Odiham to Farnham Roads Act 1789 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. lxxxvii Sheetbridge and Portsmouth Roads Act 1825 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 50 Dorset Roads Act 1758 1710 9 Ann. c. 33 Petersfield Highways Act 1710 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 50 Dorset Roads Act 1758 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 50 Dorset Roads Act 1758 1764 4 Geo. 3. c. 47 Wiltshire and Hampshire Roads Act 1764 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 75 Stockbridge and Winchester Roads Act 1757 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 46 Stockbridge Roads Act 1756 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 75 Stockbridge and Winchester Roads Act 1757 1810 50 Geo. 3. c. xiv Titchfield and Cosham Road Act 1810 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 88 Whitchurch to Aldermaston Road Act 1770 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 45 Wiltshire and Southampton Roads Act 1756 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 51 Surrey and Southampton Roads Act 1753 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 50 Dorset Roads Act 1758 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 75 Stockbridge and Winchester Roads Act 1757 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 61 Dorset, etc., Roads Act 1762 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. xiv Winchester and Petersfield Turnpike Road Act 1825 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 51 Surrey and Southampton Roads Act 1753

Kent

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1793 Kent Roads Act 1793 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 173 Maidstone to Ashford Road Act 1793 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 43 Kent Roads Act 1769 1767 7 Geo. 3. c. 103 Tenterden &c. Road Act 1766 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 65 Kent Roads Act 1762 1766 6 Geo. 3. c. 93 Biddenden and Boundgate Road Act 1766 1767 7 Geo. 3. c. 91 Kent Roads Act 1766 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 94 Kent Roads Act 1791 1802 42 Geo. 3. c. v Road from Canterbury to Ramsgate Act 1802 1802 42 Geo. 3. c. vi Road from Canterbury to Sandwich Act 1802 1729 3 Geo. 2. c. 15 Kent Roads Act 1729 1766 6 Geo. 3. c. 98 Dartford Roads Act 1766 1737 11 Geo. 2. c. 37 Kent Roads Act 1737 1764 4 Geo. 3. c. 78 Kent Roads Act 1764 1797 37 Geo. 3. c. 156 Dover Deal and Sandwich Road Act 1797 1801 Dover and Sandwich Road Act 1801 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 68 Kent Roads Act 1753 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 76 Kent Roads (No. 2) Act 1762 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 117 Kent Roads Act 1792 1768 8 Geo. 3. c. 35 Goudhurst Roads Act 1768 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 63 Kent Roads Act 1765 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. l Road from Gravesend to Wrotham Act 1825 1818 58 Geo. 3. c. lxxviii Road from Greenwich to Woolwich Act 1818 1814 54 Geo. 3. c. li Sturry and Herne Bay Road Act 1814 1811 51 Geo. 3. c. clvii Ightham and London to Maidstone Road Act 1811 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 67 Kent and Sussex Roads Act 1762 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 63 Kent Roads Act 1765 1803 43 Geo. 3. c. xiii Road from the Maidstone Turnpike Gate Act 1803 1759 33 Geo. 2. c. 57 Maidstone to Cranbrook Road Act 1759 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 78 Maidstone to Key Street Road Act 1769 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. xxv Maidstone and Wrotham and Strood Turnpike Road Act 1825 1717 4 Geo. 1. c. 5 Southwark, Greenwich and Lewisham Roads Act 1717 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 71 Kent Roads (No. 2) Act 1765 1727 1 Geo. 2. St. 1. c. 12 Rochester to Maidstone Road Act 1727 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 76 Kent Roads (No. 3) Act 1769 1807 Sandwich, Margate and Ramsgate Road Act 1807 1748 22 Geo. 2. c. 4 Farnborough and Sevenoaks Road Act 1748 1810 50 Geo. 3. c. xviii Shoreham (Kent) Road Act 1810 1809 49 Geo. 3. c. xcii Stockershead Road (Kent) Act 1809 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 65 Kent Roads Act 1762 1709 8 Ann. c. 20 Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Highways Act 1709 1809 49 Geo. 3. c. xci Tonbridge and Ightham Road Act 1809 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 71 Kent Roads (No. 2) Act 1765 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 52 Sussex and Kent Roads Act 1765 1767 7 Geo. 3. c. 86 Kent and Sussex Roads (No. 2) Act 1766 1735 9 Geo. 2. c. 10 Kent Roads (No. 2) Act 1735 1820 1 Geo. 4. c. xlvi Tenterden and Warehorne, and Bethersden and Appledore Roads Act 1820 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 8 Kent Roads Act 1751 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 68 Kent and Surrey Roads Act 1765

Middlesex

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1825 Earls Court and North End Turnpike Road and Junction with London and Fulham Road Act 1825 1824 Road from Camden Town to Holloway Act 1824 1754 Ratcliff Highway Act 1754 1802 Roads from West India Docks Act 1802 1828 North End and Hammersmith Bridge Turnpike Road Act 1828 1802 Roads from West India Docks Act 1802 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 87 Old Street Road Act 1753 1757 River Lea Bridge and Roads Act 1757 1716 Kensington, Staines and Cranford Bridge Roads Act 1716 1811 Road from Kentish Town to Upper Holloway Act 1811 1826 St. Marylebone and Finchley Turnpike Road and Branch Act 1826 1826 Metropolis Roads Act 1826 1812 Highbury and Shoreditch Road Act 1812 1801 Road from Paddington to Harrow-on-the-Hill Act 1801 1809 49 Geo. 3. c. li Rickmansworth, Pinner and Harrow-on-the-Hill Road Act 1809 1727 Egham and Bagshot Road Act 1727 1773 Hampton to Staines Road Act 1773 1812 St. Botolph without Aldgate Improvement Act 1812 1711 Highgate and Chipping Barnet Road Act 1711

Oxfordshire

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1777 Asthall to Buckland Road Act 1777 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 58 Buckingham and Oxford Roads Act 1770 1802 42 Geo. 3. c. xxxviii Banbury, Brailes and Barcheston Road Act 1802 1750 24 Geo. 2. c. 28 Gloucester and Oxford Road Act 1750 1834 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. ix York and Scarborough, and Spittle House and Scarborough Roads Act 1833 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 103 Bicester to Aynho Road Act 1791 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 153 Gloucester and Wiltshire Roads Act 1792 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 101 Oxford, Gloucester and Notts Roads Act 1770 1800 Witney and Woodstock Roads Act 1800 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 78 Drayton and Edgehill Road Act 1753 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 180 Bicester Roads Act 1793 1771 11 Geo. 3. c. 84 Farringdon to Burford Road Act 1771 1771 11 Geo. 3. c. 73 Oxford Roads Act 1771 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 46 Warwick and Oxford Roads Act 1755 1781 21 Geo. 3. c. 87 Oxford Roads Act 1781 1735 9 Geo. 2. c. 14 Berkshire and Oxfordshire Roads Act 1735 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 46 Warwick and Oxford Roads Act 1755 1777 17 Geo. 3. c. 88 Oxford Roads Act 1777 1771 11 Geo. 3. c. 19 Oxford Improvement Act 1771 1718 5 Geo. 1. c. 1 Stokenchurch and New Woodstock Road Act 1718 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 88 Bucks and Oxford Roads Act 1769 1833 Bicester and Aylesbury Road Act 1833 1785 25 Geo. 3. c. 127 Buckingham and Oxford Roads Act 1785 1729 3 Geo. 2. c. 21 Oxfordshire Roads Act 1729

Surrey

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1757 Guildford and Arundel Road Act 1757 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 51 Surrey and Southampton Roads Act 1753 1748 22 Geo. 2. c. 31 Southwark Roads Act 1748 1818 58 Geo. 3. c. lxix Bramley to Ridgewick Turnpike Road Act 1818 1807 Road from Foxley Hatch to Reigate Act 1807 1727 Egham and Bagshot Road Act 1727 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 57 Surrey Roads Act 1755 1816 56 Geo. 3. c. xxx Road from Gatton Lodge to Povey Cross Act 1816 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. xiii Godalming and Pains Hill Road Act 1826 1730 4 Geo. 2. c. 8 Surrey and Sussex Roads Act 1730 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 78 Guildford to Farnham Road Act 1757 1764 4 Geo. 3. c. 63 Milford to Portsmouth Road Act 1764 1811 51 Geo. 3. c. cix Road from Kingston-upon-Thames to Leatherhead Act 1811 1748 22 Geo. 2. c. 35 Surrey and Sussex Roads Act 1748 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 77 Leatherhead and Guildford Road Act 1757 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 62 Kent and Surrey Roads Act 1770 1812 52 Geo. 3. c. xxvi Road from Ockley to Warnham Act 1812 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 28 Sutton and Reigate Road Act 1755 1809 49 Geo. 3. c. clxxxvi Road from Southwark to the Kent Road Act 1809 1717 4 Geo. 1. c. 4 London, East Grinstead, Sutton and Kingston Roads Act 1717 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 89 South London Roads Act 1769

Sussex

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1757 Guildford and Arundel Road Act 1757 1821 Alfold Bars and Newbridge Road Act 1821 Billingshurst to Broadbridge Heath Turnpike Trust 1803 43 Geo. 3. c. lxvii 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. x Worthing and Lancing Turnpike Road and Sea Defences Act 1826

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