Honiton & Ilminster Turnpike Trust (updated 6th Feb 2009)
This trust was created
in 1807 to build the new road down the hill above Monkton. This new route for
the London Road
connected with the existing turnpike at Ilminster and the old road through Chard,
at the Devonshire Inn junction. A new road to Taunton was added later.
List of
Acts
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Honiton and
Ilminster
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Upottery to Horton
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47 Geo3 c6
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1807
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Honiton and
Ilminster
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Road to
Brown Down
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9 Geo4 c48
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1828
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Honiton and Ilminster
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Road over
Brown Down
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3&4 Vic c37
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1840
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Honiton Ilminster 1807
An Act for repairing and improving the Road
from the Honiton Turnpike Road, near Yard Farm, in the Parish of Upottery, in the County of Devon, to the Ilminster Turnpike
Road, near the Village of Horton, in the Parish of Ilminster, in the County of
Somerset. [17th March 1807.]
Honiton Ilminster 1828
An Act for more effectually repairing the Road
from the Honiton Turnpike Road
near Yard Farm in the Parish of Upottery in the County of Devon,
towards Ilminster, to the Eastern Boundary of the Parish of Buckland Saint Mary
in the County of Somerset, and other Roads communicating
therewith. [13th May 1828.]
Select Committee on State of Roads 1840
Phillip Mules of Honiton (clerk to the trust) reported
There are 15 miles of road thru 6 parishes – all repaired by the
trustees
3 toll gates and 2 side bar
The roads are stated to be in “fair” repair – no part under indictment
for want of repair.
List of Roads
Ilminster Road; A30 from Yard Cross (Yard Farm, Rawridge, half way down Monkton Hill) to Devonshire In jct
then A303 through Newtown and across county boundary to Horton (last bit now
UC) (eastern end of Parish of Buckland St Mary (about 10 miles).
Brown
Down Road. B3170 jct with A303 (Holman Cavel) across
county boundary into Somerset, over Brown Down
to edge of Taunton
at Shoreditch (about 7 miles)
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Known
Toll Gates (extracts from Tollhouse National
database) 4 sites identified of the 3 reported by the trust in 1840 (1 surviving tollhouse (in Somerset) -
underlined)
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Road Classification Number
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Route
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OS Grid Ref- Prefix
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Easting
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Northing
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Gate Name
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Civil Parish
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Name or Number
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Road or Street
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Position
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Evidence of gate
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Updated 25th July 2010
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A303
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Ilminster
to Honiton
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ST
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237
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098
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Birch Hill stop (Wood Row Cottage Stop)
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YARCOMBE
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Stopgate; jct with B3170
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OS map
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A30
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Honiton to Ilminster
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ST
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215
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073
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Devonshire
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UPOTTERY
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replaced in 1871
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T Jenkinson
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A303
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Honiton to Ilminster
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ST
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2698
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1246
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Somersetshire (Westhay)
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COMBE ST NICHOLAS
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The Old Toll House
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Main Road, (Westhay),
Giants Grave, Newtown
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at crossroads on hill down to county boundary, at
jct UC road Bishopswood
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A30
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Honiton to Ilminster
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ST
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205
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072
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Upottery
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UPOTTERY
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south of Devonshire Inn
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OS map
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Known Milestones
In the Milestone
Society Database, no milestones are identified in Devon but some iron
milesposts on Somerset
section. Based on the Trust mileage reported in 1840, would expect 15.
Mentions in Exeter Flying Post
(excluding notices of meetings and letting of
tolls)
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Application
to Parliament for Act
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15-Nov
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1827
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Act
passed
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22-May
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1828
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New
road open
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25-Mar
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1830
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