This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in South West 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 west of England: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Cornwall Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1769 Bodmin Roads Act 1769 1835 Bodmin Roads Act 1835 1764 Callington Roads Act 1764 1759 Cornwall Roads Act 1759 1762 Cornwall Roads Act 1762 1825 Grigg's Quay, Hayle Bridge and Phillack Road (Cornwall) Act 1825 1760 Cornwall Roads Act 1760 1759 Launceston Roads Act 1759 1760 Cornwall and Devon Roads Act 1760 1763 Cornwall Roads (No. 2) Act 1763 1863 Penzance and St. Just Turnpike Roads Act 1863 1762 Saltash Roads Act 1762 1760 Cornwall Roads Act 1760 1825 Trebarwith Sands and Condolden Bridge Road Act 1825 1754 Truro Roads Act 1754

Devon

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 49 Devon Roads Act 1755 1763 3 Geo. 3. c. 35 Barnstaple Roads Act 1763 1764 4 Geo. 3. c. 87 Bideford Roads Act 1764 1829 10 Geo. 4. c. xvii Road from Barnstaple to Braunton Act 1829 1838 1 & 2 Vict. c. xviii Combe Martin and Bratton Down Turnpike Road (Devon) Act 1838 1866 29 & 30 Vict. c. cxvi Combemartin and Ilfracombe Turnpike Road Act 1866 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 93 Exeter Roads Act 1769 1813 53 Geo. 3. c. lxv Road from Cullompton to Hazel Stone Act 1813 1812 52 Geo. 3. c. iv Roborough Down and Dartmoor Road Act 1812 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 69 Devon Roads Act 1765 1754 27 Geo. 2. c. 32 Axminster Roads Act 1754Exeter Turnpike Trust 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 74 Exeter Roads Act 1753 1832 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. lii Lympstone and Exmouth Turnpike Road Act 1832 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 58 Great Torrington Roads Act 1765 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 43 Dorset and Devon Roads Act 1757 1807 Road from Upottery to Horton Act 1807 1816 Gittisham and Sidmouth Road Act 1816 1824 5 Geo. 4. c. xxxi Roads from Kingsbridge to Dartmouth Act 1824 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 68 Devon Roads (No. 2) Act 1758 1772 Devon Roads (No.2) Act 1772 1760 Devon Roads Act 1760 1759 33 Geo. 2. c. 36 Okehampton Roads Act 1759 1820 1 Geo. 4. c. xxi Plymouth and Exeter Road Act 1820 1804 44 Geo. 3. c. xvi Roads from Tavistock to Plymouth and from Manadon Gate Act 1804 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 51 Devon Roads Act 1757 1844 7 & 8 Vict. c. xlix Sidmouth and Collumpton Turnpike Act 1844 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 45 South Molton Roads Act 1758 1784 Devon Roads (No. 2) Act 1784 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 54 Taunton Roads Act 1751 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 50 Devon Roads Act 1762 1831 Crediton and Chudleigh Turnpike Road Act 1831 1823 4 Geo. 4. c. xliv East Teignmouth and Exminster Turnpike Road Act 1823 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 49 Tiverton Roads Act 1757 1758 32 Geo. 2. c. 52 Devon Roads Act 1758

Dorset

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1777 Dorset Roads Act 1777 1767 Dorset and Somerset Roads Act 1766 1765 Dorset and Somerset Roads Act 1765 1754 Axminster Roads Act 1754 1799 39 Geo. 3. c. xxxiii Bridport Roads Act 1799 1819 Roads to and from Bridport Act 1819 1828 Roads to Join Crewkerne Turnpike Road (Dorset and Somerset) Act 1828 1824 Roads to and from Cerne Abbas Act 1824 1769 Dorset Roads Act 1769 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 54 Wiltshire and Dorset Roads Act 1756 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 43 Dorset and Devon Roads Act 1757 1778 18 Geo. 3. c. 95 Somerset and Dorset Roads Act 1778 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 52 Poole Roads Act 1756 1841 4 & 5 Vict. c. xxiii Wimborne Minster and Piddletown Turnpike Road (Dorset) Act 1841 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 60 Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset Roads Act 1753 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 60 Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset Roads Act 1753 1767 7 Geo. 3. c. 82 Dorset and Somerset Roads Act 1766 1831 1 & 2 Will. 4. c. xxx Vale of Blackmoor Turnpike Roads Act 1831 1766 6 Geo. 3. c. 92 Wareham and Purbeck Roads Act 1766 1857 20 & 21 Vict. c. ci Backwater Bridge and Road Act 1857 1760 1 Geo. 3. c. 24 Dorset Roads Act 1760 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 69 Somerset Roads Act 1753

Gloucestershire

Trust Founded Initial act Route Citation Title From To 1725 Gloucestershire Roads Act 1725 1779 Gloucester and Wilts Roads Act 1779 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 70 Oxford and Gloucester Roads Act 1753 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 12 Bristol Roads Act 1726 1824 5 Geo. 4. c. xxviii Broadway and Mickleton Road Act 1824 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 24 Gloucestershire Roads Act 1725 1818 58 Geo. 3. c. lxxii Road from Chipping Camden to Old Stratford Act 1818 1730 4 Geo. 2. c. 23 Oxford and Gloucester Roads Act 1730 1785 25 Geo. 3. c. 125 Cheltenham Roads Act 1785 1809 49 Geo. 3. c. xxix Cheltenham to Gloucester Road Act 1809 1820 1 Geo. 4. c. xvi Road from Cheltenham to Prinknash Act 1820 1817 57 Geo. 3. c. v Road from Cross Hands to Halford Bridge Act 1817 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 11 Cirencester Roads Act 1726 1742 16 Geo. 2. c. 22 Gloucester Roads (No. 2) Act 1742 1810 Road from Cirencester to Wootton Bassett Act 1810 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 23 Gloucester Roads Act 1746 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 13 Gloucester Roads Act 1751 1810 50 Geo. 3. c. ii Road from Cheltenham to Bishop's Cleve Act 1810 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 65 Gloucestershire Roads (No. 3) Act 1757 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 13 Gloucester and Hereford Roads Act 1725 1833 Roads through Huntley from Gloucester Act 1833 1796 36 Geo. 3. c. 131 Dean Forest Roads Act 1796 1755 28 Geo. 2. c. 47 Gloucester and Warwick Roads Act 1755 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 24 Gloucestershire Roads Act 1725 1823 4 Geo. 4. c. i Haw Passage (Gloucestershire) Severn Bridge and Roads Act 1823 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 13 Gloucester and Hereford Roads Act 1725 1833 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. lxxv Roads through Huntley from Gloucester Act 1833 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 58 Gloucester Roads Act 1756 1827 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. c Wooton-under-edge and Wickwar Roads (Gloucestershire, Wiltshire) Act 1827 1800 Rodburgh and Birdlip Road Act 1800 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 13 Gloucester and Hereford Roads Act 1725 1746 20 Geo. 2. c. 31 Gloucester and Hereford Roads Act 1746 1798 38 Geo. 3. c. lxvi Roads from Tetbury, Malmesbury, Farringdon and Sherstone Act 1798 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 13 Chippenham Roads Act 1726 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 65 Gloucestershire Roads (No. 3) Act 1757 1780 20 Geo. 3. c. 84 Gloucester Roads (No. 2) Act 1780 1802 42 Geo. 3. c. xlv Newent Roads Act 1802 1783 23 Geo. 3. c. 104 Gloucester Roads Act 1783 1697 Birdlip and Crickley Hill Road Act 1697 1722 Gloucestershire Highways Act 1722 Gloucester Northgate Top of Birdlip Hill Little Witcombe Top of Crickley Hill 1769 9 Geo. 3. c. 50 Gloucester and Hereford Roads Act 1769 Over Newent Gloucester Westbury-on-Severn 1778 Gloucester to Stroud Road Act 1778 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 56 Gloucester and Wiltshire Roads Act 1756 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 59 Wiltshire and Gloucester Roads Act 1751 1721 12 Geo. 1. c. 24 Gloucestershire Roads Act 1725 1823 4 Geo. 4. c. xiv Stroud and Bisley Turnpike Road Act 1823 1814 54 Geo. 3. c. lxxx Roads from Stroud Act 1814 1818 58 Geo. 3. c. i Stroud and Gloucester Road Act 1818 1825 6 Geo. 4. c. xxiii Cainscross and Minchinhampton Turnpike Road Act 1825 1792 Gloucester Roads Act 1792 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 18 Tewkesbury Roads Act 1725 1823 4 Geo. 4. c. ii Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads Act 1823 1792 Gloucester Roads Act 1792 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 24 Gloucestershire Roads Act 1725

Somerset

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1828 Roads to Join Crewkerne Turnpike Road (Dorset and Somerset) Act 1828 1707 6 Ann. c. 42 Bath Highway, Streets, etc. Act 1707 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 12 Wiltshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 1729 3 Geo. 2. c. 34 Bridgwater Roads Act 1729 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 12 Bristol Roads Act 1726 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 50 Bruton Roads Act 1756 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 69 Somerset Roads Act 1753 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 61 Crewkerne Roads Act 1765 1757 30 Geo. 2. c. 39 Frome Roads Act 1757 1826 7 Geo. 4. c. xxxix Roads through High Ham and Ashcott (Somerset) Act 1826 1758 31 Geo. 2. c. 43 Dorset and Devon Roads Act 1757 1807 Road from Upottery to Horton Act 1807 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 71 Somerset Roads (No. 2) Act 1753 1803 43 Geo. 3. c. xxiii Road from Chard Act 1803 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 92 Somerset Roads (No. 3) Act 1753 1760 1 Geo. 3. c. 29 Somerset Roads Act 1760 1765 5 Geo. 3. c. 93 Somerset and Devon Roads Act 1765 1768 8 Geo. 3. c. 53 Somerset Roads Act 1768 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 71 Somerset Roads (No. 2) Act 1753 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 54 Taunton Roads Act 1751 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 49 Tiverton Roads Act 1757 1827 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. v Ashcott and Rowberrow Hill Road (Somerset) Act 1827 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 76 Wells Roads Act 1753 1841 Wells, Highbridge and Cheddar Road Act 1841 1793 33 Geo. 3. c. 165 Somerset Roads Act 1793 1840 3 & 4 Vict. c. xxii Weston-super-Mare and Worle Road Act 1840 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 49 Wincanton Roads Act 1756 1786 Wiveliscombe Roads Act 1786 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 69 Somerset Roads Act 1753

Wiltshire

Trust Founded Initial act Citation Title 1762 Southampton and Wilts Road Act 1762 1742 Wiltshire Roads Act 1742 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 12 Wiltshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 52 Wiltshire and Somerset Roads (No. 3) Act 1751 1707 6 Ann. c. 26 Wiltshire Highways Act 1706 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 121 Swindon, Calne and Cricklade Roads Act 1791 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 13 Chippenham Roads Act 1726Christian Malford to Shillingford Turnpike Trust 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 66 Wilts and Berks Roads Act 1757 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 52 Wiltshire and Somerset Roads (No. 3) Act 1751 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 11 Wiltshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1725 1797 Devizes Roads Act 1797 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 56 Gloucester and Wiltshire Roads Act 1756 1831 Brighton, Shoreham and Lancing Road and New Shoreham Bridge Act 1830 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 60 Weyhill and Lyde Way Road Act 1762 1760 1 Geo. 3. c. 37 Wilts Roads Act 1760 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 59 Wilts Roads (No. 3) Act 1762 1792 32 Geo. 3. c. 153 Gloucester and Wiltshire Roads Act 1792 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 77 Berkshire Roads Act 1756 1725 12 Geo. 1. c. 8 Newbury to Marlborough Road Act 1725 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 49 Wilts Roads Act 1762 1819 Road from Marlborough to Cote Act 1819 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 56 Gloucester and Wiltshire Roads Act 1756 1757 30 Geo. 2. c. 41 Wiltshire Roads Act 1757 1756 29 Geo. 2. c. 54 Wiltshire and Dorset Roads Act 1756 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 66 Wiltshire and Southampton Roads Act 1753 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 121 Swindon, Calne and Cricklade Roads Act 1791 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 121 Swindon, Calne and Cricklade Roads Act 1791 1814 54 Geo. 3. c. l Road from Swindon to Ramsbury Act 1814 1762 2 Geo. 3. c. 49 Wilts Roads Act 1762 1791 31 Geo. 3. c. 121 Swindon, Calne and Cricklade Roads Act 1791 1751 25 Geo. 2. c. 17 Wiltshire and Somerset Roads Act 1751 1726 13 Geo. 1. c. 16 Warminster Roads Act 1726 1750 24 Geo. 2. c. 9 Wiltshire Roads Act 1750 1757 31 Geo. 2. c. 68 Wilts Roads Act 1757 1788 28 Geo. 3. c. 86 Wiltshire Roads Act 1788 1753 26 Geo. 2. c. 66 Wiltshire and Southampton Roads Act 1753 1809 49 Geo. 3. c. xc Wootton Bassett Road Act 1809

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