This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the East of 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 east of England: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Bedfordshire Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1772 Bedford Roads (No. 2) Act 1772 1795 Bedford to Kimbolton Road Act 1795 1726 Luton and Saint Albans Road Act 1726 1754 Bedford and Buckinghamshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1754 1777 Bedford Roads Act 1777 1724 Bedfordshire Roads Act 1724 1802 Road from Great Staughton to Lavendon Act 1802 1757 Hertford and Bedford Roads Act 1757 1706 Bedfordshire Highways Act 1706 1726 Luton and Saint Albans Road Act 1726 1814 Road from Potton to the Gamlingay and Eynesbury Road Act 1814 1710 Dunstable Highways Act 1710
Cambridgeshire
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1797 Cambridge and Arrington Roads Act 1797 1763 3 Geo. 3. c. 36 Cambridge and Ely Roads Act 1763 1724 11 Geo. 1. c. 14 Cambridge Roads Act 1724 1824 5 Geo. 4. c. lx Cambridge and Ely Roads Act 1824 1723 10 Geo. 1. c. 12 Cambridge Roads Act 1723 1763 3 Geo. 3. c. 32 Newmarket and Cambridge Road Act 1763 1744 18 Geo. 2. c. 23 Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire Roads Act 1744 1815 55 Geo. 3. c. xlix Cambridge to Newmarket Heath Road Act 1815 1766 6 Geo. 3. c. 84 Cambridge Roads Act 1766 1710 9 Ann. c. 14 Royston and Wandesford Bridge Road Act 1710 1772 12 Geo. 3. c. 90 St. Neots to Cambridge Road Act 1772 1723 10 Geo. 1. c. 12 Cambridge Roads Act 1723 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 74 Cambridge Roads Act 1765 1810 Wisbech and Thorney Road Act 1810 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. xxix Wimpole and Potton Road (Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire) Act 1826
Essex
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1808 Tilbury Fort Road Act 1808 1695 London to Harwich Roads Act 1695 1765 Essex, Suffolk, and Hertford Roads Act 1765 1695 London to Harwich Roads Act 1695 1725 Essex Roads Act 1725 1787 Epping and Ongar Road Act 1787 1695 London to Harwich Roads Act 1695 1725 Essex Roads Act 1725 1743 Essex and Hertfordshire Roads Act 1743 1721 Whitechapel Highways Act 1721 1725 Essex Roads Act 1725 1746 Essex Roads Act 1746 1695 London to Harwich Roads Act 1695 1793 Essex Roads (No. 2) Act 1793
Hertfordshire
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 86 Hertford and Cambridge Roads Act 1769 1724 11 Geo. 1. c. 11 Hertford and Ware Roads Act 1724 1722 9 Geo. 1. c. 11 Dunstable Roads Act 1722 1730 Middlesex and Hertford Roads Act 1729 1743 17 Geo. 2. c. 9 Essex and Hertfordshire Roads Act 1743 1714 Hertford and Middlesex Highways Act 1715 1768 8 Geo. 3. c. 50 Reading and Hatfield Road Act 1768 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 63 Hertford and Bucks Roads Act 1762 1719 6 Geo. 1. c. 25 Stevenage and Biggleswade Road Act 1719 1663 15 Cha. 2. c. 1 Road Repair (Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire) Act 1663 1732 6 Geo. 2. c. 24 Hertfordshire Roads Act 1732 1757 Hertford and Broadwater Road Act 1757 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 10 Hertfordshire Roads Act 1725
Huntingdonshire
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1755 Bury and Stratton Road Act 1755 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 77 Herts and Hunts Roads Act 1765 1744 18 Geo. 2. c. 23 Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire Roads Act 1744 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 33 Kimbolton Road Act 1755 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 88 Northampton Roads Act 1753 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 26 Huntingdon Roads Act 1755 1727 Huntingdonshire Roads Act 1727 1710 9 Ann. c. 14 Hertford and Huntingdon Roads Act 1710
Norfolk
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1794 34 Geo. 3. c. 114 Norfolk Roads Act 1794 1772 12 Geo. 3. c. 98 Norfolk Roads Act 1772 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 97 Cambridge and Norfolk Roads Act 1770 1830 Great Yarmouth and Acle Turnpike Road Act 1830 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 86 Norfolk Roads (No. 3) Act 1770 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 85 Norfolk Roads (No. 2) Act 1770 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 101 Norfolk Roads (No. 2) Act 1765 1772 12 Geo. 3. c. 95 Norwich to New Buckenham Road Act 1772 1797 37 Geo. 3. c. 147 Norwich and North Walsham Road Act 1797 1823 4 Geo. 4. c. lxxx Road from Norwich to Fakenham Act 1823 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 66 Norwich to Scole Bridge Road Act 1769 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 67 Norwich and Swaffham Road Act 1770 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 77 Norwich and Watton Road Act 1770 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 68 Norwich to Yarmouth Road Act 1769 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 54 Norwich to Trowse Road Act 1770 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 78 Stoke Ferry Roads Act 1770 1695 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 26 Norfolk Roads Act 1695 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. cxxxvi Wells next the Sea and Fakenham Turnpike Road Act 1826
Suffolk
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1792 Suffolk Roads Act 1792 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 65 Barton and Brandon Road Act 1770 1770 10 Geo. 3. c. 96 Suffolk and Cambridge Roads Act 1770 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 148 Norfolk Roads Act 1792 1711 10 Ann. c. 42 Suffolk Roads Act 1711 1766 6 Geo. 3. c. 84 Cambridge Roads Act 1766 1812 52 Geo. 3. c. xxiii Ipswich and Debenham, and Hemingston and Otley Bottom Roads Act 1812 1785 25 Geo. 3. c. 116 Ipswich to South Town Road Act 1785 1812 Road from Ipswich to Stratford St. Mary Act 1812 1828 9 Geo. 4. c. xliv Mildenhall and Littleport Road over River Ouse Act 1828 1796 36 Geo. 3. c. 142 Little Yarmouth and Blytheburgh Road Act 1796 1828 9 Geo. 4. c. xliv Mildenhall and Littleport Road over River Ouse Act 1828 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 67 Scole Bridge to Bury St. Edmunds Road Act 1769 1775 15 Geo. 3. c. 67 Yarmouth to Gorleston Road Act 1775 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 75 Sudbury to Bury St. Edmunds Road Act 1762 1768 8 Geo. 3. c. 55 Thetford and Newmarket Road Act 1768 1802 42 Geo. 3. c. viii Woodbridge and Eye Road Act 1802
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