This trust was
established as a Division of the Exeter Turnpike Trust and was administered
separately. Its sole responsibility was for the new bridge built over the Exe
at Countess Wear and for the approach roads from
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built |
9 Geo3 |
1769 |
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7 Geo4 c23 |
1826 |
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1&2 Wil4 c62 |
1831 |
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1852 |
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Expired |
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1874 |
1874 |
Hugh Middleton Ellicombe of
There are 2 and a quarter miles of road thru 2 parishes all repaired
by the trustees
1 toll gate
The roads are stated to be in very good condition no part under
indictment for want of repair.
BPP Vol. 44 (1852) - No. 35.
Main report is under
3.The Countess
Wear Bridge Road.
The length of this road is
about two and a quarter miles, including a bridge over the River Exe. There
is only one toll-gate, at which the full tolls allowed by the Act are levied.
There is also a side bar at a few yards distance from the gate.
The debt upon this road is £3,512., of which sum £2,750 was advanced in the year 1775, and £762 10s. in the year 1804, bearing interest at 4 per cent. Mortgages have been granted for the whole of tile debt, payable to the parties advancing the money, or bearer. There are 77 securities in all, in sums varying from £12 10s. to £50. The amount of unpaid interest has been mis-stated in the annual returns for many years ; the following account, transmitted in November last, being correct:
£ s. d.
75 years interest on £2,750 advanced in 1775, at 4 per cent. -- 8,250 0 0
46 years interest on £462 10s. advanced in 1804, at 4 per cent. - - 1,403 0 0
Total 9,653 0 0
Deduct interest paid on the deed poll debt £ s.
d.
previous to the year 1820 - 898
15 0
Interest on £1.350 deed poll produced at the Treasurer's office in 1850 -
- - 54
0 0
952 15 0
Unpaid interest due 3lst
December 1850 - - £
8,700 3 0
The above account was accompanied by the following explanation :
" At the general annual meeting,, held 13th March 1850, the Trustees ordered the treasurer to pay a year's interest on the debt. This resolution was advertised in-the local newspapers, when holders of deeds poll to the' amount of £1,350. only presented their deeds, and received their interest, viz £54.
" On referring to
such deeds poll, and also to the old account books, it was discovered
that interest had from time to time been paid on account previous to the year 1820 amounting to £898 15s, and
that from that time to the year 1849 the
Trust was unable to pay any interest whatever."
The accounts show that the annual toll income between 1833 and 1848 varied from £212 10s. to £112, and since 1848 has been less than £100 per annum: The funds have been applied in payment of repairs of road, salaries (£10 5s- since 1848), law charges, occasional improvements (about £860 since 1838), and a portion of interest in the year 1850. The arrears of interest, on the 3lst of December 1850 amounted to£8,700 5s.
The clerk states that the Trustees have not
considered the expediency of extending the
term and altering the powers of the Local Act for this bridge and road; neither have the Trustees made any proposals
to the creditors to reduce the rate
of interest or extinguish the arrears, in consequence of the insufficiency of funds-
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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 23rd Sept
2013 |
erected by
(Turnpike Trust or Authority) |
Bibliographic
refs |
A379 |
Countess Weir to
Alphington |
Countess Wear
Bridge |
SX |
942 |
896 |
DVEX |
EXETER |
Countess Wear
Bridge Toll House |
red brick
cottage, NE corner of bridge |
demolished 1973 |
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Countess Wear
Bridge |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2009), "The Toll-houses of South Devon", p116 |
In the Milestone
Society Database, no milestones are identified. Based on Trust mileage, would expect 2.
(excluding notices of meetings and letting of tolls)
tolls |
14-Jul |
1814 |