This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the north 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 north east of England: County Durham and Northumberland.
County Durham
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1753 Berwick Roads Act 1753 1789 Bishop Wearmouth and Norton Road Act 1789 1744 18 Geo. 2. c. 8 Boroughbridge and Darlington Road Act 1744 1747 21 Geo. 2. c. 5 Durham Roads Act 1747 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 28 Yorkshire and Durham Roads Act 1746 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 146 Cockerton Bridge to Staindrop Road Act 1793 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxiv Branch End, Allendale and Cows Hill Turnpike Road Act 1826 1750 24 Geo. 2. c. 30 Durham Roads Act 1750 1831 Darlington and Barton Lane End Turnpike Road Act 1831 1833 Road from Axwell Park Gate to Shotley Bridge (Durham) Act 1833 1810 50 Geo. 3. c. iii Road between Durham and Shotley Bridge Act 1810 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 13 Sunderland to Durham Road Act 1746 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 12 Durham to Tyne Bridge Road Act 1746 1815 55 Geo. 3. c. x Road from Stanhope to Shotley Act 1815 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 127 Durham Roads Act 1792 1777 17 Geo. 3. c. 110 Durham Roads Act 1777 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 148 Durham Roads Act 1793 1817 57 Geo. 3. c. xlv Road to Middleton Bridge Act 1817 1777 17 Geo. 3. c. 110 Durham Roads Act 1777 1747 21 Geo. 2. c. 27 Durham Roads (No. 2) Act 1747 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. xvii South Shields and Vigo Lane Turnpike Road Act 1826 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 25 Stockton to Barnard Castle Road Act 1746 1796 36 Geo. 3. c. 136 Wearmouth and Tyne Bridge Road Act 1796 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 113 Durham and Northumberland Roads Act 1792
Northumberland
Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxiv Branch End, Allendale and Cows Hill Turnpike Road Act 1826 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 46 Northumberland Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxv Alnwick, Eglingham and Chatton Road Act 1826 1794 34 Geo. 3. c. 125 Burtry Ford to Burnstone Road Act 1794 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 9 Northumberland Roads Act 1746 1759 33 Geo. 2. c. 56 Durham Roads Act 1759 1776 16 Geo. 3. c. 83 Northumberland Roads Act 1776 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 145 Northumberland and Durham Roads Act 1792 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 48 Northumberland Roads (No. 3) Act 1751 1778 18 Geo. 3. c. 116 Hexham to Alston Road Act 1778 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 185 Berwick and Durham Roads Act 1793 1750 24 Geo. 2. c. 25 Carlisle and Newcastle Road Act 1750 1749 22 Geo. 2. c. 9 Northumberland Roads (No. 2) Act 1748 1807 Roads from Percy's Cross and from Wooler (Northumberland) Act 1807 1748 22 Geo. 2. c. 7 Northumberland Roads Act 1748 1814 54 Geo. 3. c. xxix Turnpike Road between North Shields and Morpeth Castle Act 1814 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. xxviii Wooler and Adderstone Lane Road (Northumberland) Act 1825 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 18 Northumberland Roads Act 1751
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