This trust was created in 1764 as a
town-centred Trust covering roads west of the lower Tamar. Its primary
responsibilities were; (a) the main highway from Newbridge through to Liskeard (b)
roads from the old crossing of the Tamar at Horsebridge (c) the road along the
west bank of the Tamar serving the mining grounds in the Tamar valley.
Callington |
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4 Geo3 c48 |
1764 |
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Callington |
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25 Geo3 c108 |
1785 |
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Callington |
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46 Geo3 c15 |
1806 |
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Callington |
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7&8 Geo4 c101 |
1827 |
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New road to
Launceston |
1&2 Vic |
1838 |
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Callington 1806
An Act for continuing the Term, and altering
and enlarging the Powers of Two Acts, passed in the Fourth and Twenty-fifth Years
of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening several Roads leading from
Callington, in the County of Cornwall. [31st March 1806.]
Callington 1827
An Act for repairing and improving certain
Roads leading to and from Callington in the
The Road from Calling
ton to
Launceston, is in some Parts narrow, steep, circuitous, and
incommodious ; and it would be of much Convenience and Advantage to the
Public if certain new Pieces of Road were to be made on the Line of the said
last-mentioned Road; that, is to say, a new Piece of Road diverging from Kingston
Common, nearly opposite to Red-more Mine, and passing below Colacot's House,
through the Farms of Higher
Crockett and Lower Crockett, to join the present Road near Shuta
Green; and a new Piece of Road passing through a Part of Dighouse Farm,
near Beal's Mill Turnpike Gate, in
the Parish of Stokeclimsland in the County of Cornwall: And whereas the Road comprised in the
said Acts leading from Calling ton to Tavistock is in some Parts narrow, steep, circuitous, and
incommodious; and it would be of much Convenience and Advantage to the
Public if certain new Pieces of Road were to be made on the Line of the said last-mentioned Road ; that is to say, a
new Piece of Road diverging from the present Road into Pengelly Farm,
and passing through Two Fields thereof, and
Part of Hingston Common, and joining
the present Road about One Furlong
onwards upon the said Common; a new Piece of Road diverging from about Three
Furlongs Eastward of the Castock Inn, on.
Hingston Common, through the
several Inclosures made on the said Common, crossing the Calstock Road,
passing below Drakewall’s Mine and Goldsworthy Cottage, to
join the present Road nearly opposite the Granite Works; and also a new Piece
of Road diverging from below the Cornish Inn, by Batten's House,
through Gunnis Lake Mining Ground, and passing along between the present
Road and the River Tamar, to join
the present Road near the End of Tavistock New Bridge: And
whereas the Road comprised in the said Acts, leading from Callington to
Saltash, is in some Parts narrow, steep, circuitous, and incommodious ; and it would be of much Convenience and
Advantage to the Public if certain new Pieces of Road were to be made on the
Line of the said last-mentioned Road; that is to say, a new Piece of Road
diverging from or near the Turnpike Gate at the Eastern End of Callington Town,
by felling down a Barn, and passing certain Fields, the Property of Alexander
Baring Esquire and others, and to join the present Road where it is crossed
by a Lane commonly called Hangman's Lane,
otherwise Balsam Lane; a new Piece of Road diverging from or
near from a Place called Balsam Hill, through Two Fields, Part of the
Barton of Westcott, to join the present Road at or near Brendon Tree;
a new Piece of Road to pass through the Corner of another Field, Part of Westcott Barton,
opposite the Turnpike Gate
called Brendon Tree Toll Gate ; and also a new piece of Road diverging from Mewsland Green, through a Farm called Tipwell, and along the Edge of Viverdown Common, to join
the present Road at or near Kiln Lane End: And whereas the Road comprised in the
said Acts leading from Callington to Liskeard is in some Parts
narrow, steep, circuitous, and incommodious; and it would be of much
Convenience and Advantage to the Public if certain new Pieces of Road were to
be made on the Line of the said last-mentioned Road; that is to say, a new
Piece of Road to pass through the Corner of a Field opposite Wonacroft Lane
End , a new Piece of Road diverging from
below Coombe Willis Green, through Creber, to join the
present Road under Creber Wood; a new Piece of Road to pass through an Orchard at the Back of Jasper's
House near New Bridge Toll Gate ; a new Piece of Road
diverging from the Hill at the Foot
of-New Bridge, through the Fields lying
under the present Road, towards the
Head of the Hill, and to join the present Road about a Furlong beyond Catson Gate ; a new Piece of Road
diverging from the present Road into
Thornton Wood at the Head of the
Hill, and joining the present Road
again at the Foot of the said
Hill; a new Piece of Road
leading from the present, Turnpike Road
at Cransdown Green towards Gang, and round by Keason Estate,
joining the present Turnpike
Road again near Ford Farm ; a new
Piece of Road diverging into a Field, Part of Keason Estate, at the Foot
of Coombe Gate Hill, and joining
the present Road again at the Head of the said Hill; a new Piece of Road to pass through the Corner of a Field, Part of the Glebe Land
of Saint Ive Vicarage, opposite Saint
Ive Church; and also a new Piece of Road diverging from the Head of Coombe Row Hill, through the Farm
of Trebeigh, to join the present Road at the Foot of the Hill
at or near Trebeigh Lane End: And whereas it is expedient that the
Highway or Road leading from the present Turnpike Road at or near to the Toll
Gate at Calmady's Shop, to or near to a certain Place called Bray's
Shop, and also that the Highway or Road leading from Calmady's Shop
aforesaid, to or near to a Place called Shutta. Green on the
That this Act shall be put in execution, for
and during the Term herein-after mentioned, for thePurpose for repairing of more effectually repairing,
widening, altering, diverting, and from the Roads Time to Time improving
and keeping in repair the Road leading herein mentioned
from Callington over Hingston
Down to the
and from the said Road on Hingston
Down, near a certain Place called Seven Stones, to the
and also the Road from Callington
aforesaid through Saint Ive Church Town to a Place called Comberow
in the Parish of Saint Ive aforesaid ;
and also the Road from Callington
aforesaid to a Place called Watergate in the Parish of Southhill;
and also the Road from Calling
ton aforesaid, over Hingston Down, to a Place called Bushford in
the Parish of Stokeclimsland,
and from the said last-mentioned
Road on Hingston Down to a certain Smith's Shop called Calmady's Shop
in the Parish of Stokeclimsland aforesaid
;
and also the
Road leading from Bushford aforesaid to a Place called Beal's
Mill in the said Parish of Stokeclimsland;
and also the Road from Callington
aforesaid to a Place called Bearland Bridge in the Parish of Callington
aforesaid;
and also the Road from Callington
aforesaid, by Brendon's Tree, over Viverdon Down, through Saint
Meltion, to a Place called Penter's Cross in the Parish of Pillaton;
and also the Road from Callington
aforesaid to a Place called Clapper Bridge in the Parish of Pillaton
aforesaid ;
and also the Road leading from Penter's
Cross aforesaid, to a Place called The Fighting Cocks in the Parish
of Botesfleming,
and from or near from the Toll Gate
at Calmady's Shop aforesaid to Bray's
Shop aforesaid,
and from Calmady's
Shop to Shutta. Green aforesaid, near the Turnpike Road
leading from Callington to Launceston all in the County of Cornwall; and for making and completing
and maintaining in repair the said several other new Pieces of Road
herein-before described or mentioned.
John Martin of Callington (clerk to the trust) reported
There are near 34 miles of road thru 9 parishes – all repaired by the
trustees (there are ¾ of a mile of old road as well)
10 toll gates and 5 bars
The roads are stated to be in “tolerably good” condition considering the
unfavourably wet weather– no part under indictment for want of repair.
7 miles in
Callington, 4 miles in Calstock,10 miles in Stokeclimsland, 3 miles in St Ives,
3 miles in St Million, 1 mile in St Hall, 1 mile in Pillaton, 1 mile in St
Dominick, and a bit in Landulph.
Horsebridge to
Calmady’s Road; B3257
from Sevenstones on Higston Down, around north of Callington to meet A388 and
go north to Calmady’s Gate on
Saltash Road; A388
from Callington to Paynter’s Cross in Pillaton on road to Saltash (about 4 miles)
then n as A388 to Fighting Cocks in BotusFleming (about 2 more miles)
Bray’s
Shutta Green Raod; UC road from
Calmady’s Gate to Shutta on UC road leading to StokeClimsland (the lauceston
Turnpike before Wooda bridge built) (about 1 miles)
Added by 1838 Act
A milestone on the Callington Turnpike, above Greston Bridge
A
milestone on the Callington Turnpike, West of Callington
A
pillar milestone on the Callington Turnpike, North West of Callington
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Road
Classification Number |
Route |
GATE NAME |
OS Grid Ref-
Prefi |
Easting |
Northing |
District |
Civil Parish |
Location (Name or
Number) |
Road or Street
(see across) |
Position |
Evidence |
Revised 24th Sept
2013 |
A390 |
Callington
to Liskeard |
Newbridge |
SX |
34769 |
67996 |
CWCN |
CALLINGTON |
Turnpike
Cottage |
Newbridge |
east side
of bridge over River Lynher |
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A388 |
Callington to
Saltash |
Brendon Tree |
SX |
377 |
685 |
CWCN |
CALLINGTON |
Mentioned in 1829
Act |
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A390 |
Callington to
Tavistock |
East (Westcott) |
SX |
376 |
685 |
CWCN |
CALLINGTON |
Mentioned in 1829
Act & advert |
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A388 |
Callington to
Launceston |
North |
SX |
3606 |
6994 |
CWCN |
CALLINGTON |
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UC road |
Callington
to Haye |
West |
SX |
35 |
70 |
CWCN |
CALLINGTON |
is this
Newbridge? |
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St Anne's
Chapel |
SX |
4193 |
7083 |
CWCN |
CALSTOCK |
eastern end
of St Ann's Chapel |
house juts
out from the usual building line, is situated at a road junction. |
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A388 |
Launceston
to Callington |
Calmady's
Shop (Taylor's Shop) |
SX |
3446 |
7320 |
CWCN |
SOUTH HILL |
The
Roundhouse (Camelot Boarding Kennels) |
Launceston
Road, Kelly Bray, Polhilsa |
at
crossroads with lanes to Golberdon and Downgate, via Shutta, south of
Taylor's Shop Plantation; note that the trust rented this house for the
convenience of the lessee |
OS 1st
Series; ; Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; |
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Maders |
SX |
3464 |
7150 |
CWCN |
SOUTH HILL |
Gate House"
on the Tithe Map c1842, possibly a toll was paid to use the newly built road
to Callington. |
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UC road |
Launceston
to Callington |
Beals Mill |
SX |
3588 |
7684 |
CWNC |
STOKECLIMSLAND |
Toll
Cottage, Beals Mill |
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In 2010 the
property is being ‘restored’ |
; ; advert;
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UC road |
Silver Valley to
Horsebridge |
Downgate |
SX |
371 |
727 |
CWNC |
STOKECLIMSLAND |
Kelly Bray,
crossways cottage |
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A388 |
Launceston to
Callington |
Camelot |
SX |
3513 |
7250 |
CWNC |
STOKECLIMSLAND |
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UC road |
Silver Valley to
Horsebridge |
Horsebridge |
SX |
3982 |
7484 |
CWNC |
STOKECLIMSLAND |
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In the Milestone
Society Database, 31 are identified on A390, A388, B3257, B3254 and UC roads, –
most using just the letter C and distances. (based on Trust mileage, expect 34
i.e. some side roads may have been included)