This trust was created
in 1807 to build the new road down the hill above Monkton. This new route for
the
|
Honiton and
Ilminster |
Upottery to
Horton |
47 Geo3 c6 |
1807 |
|
|
Honiton and
Ilminster |
Road to
Brown Down |
9 Geo4 c48 |
1828 |
|
|
Honiton and
Ilminster |
Road over
Brown Down |
3&4 Vic c37 |
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
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.
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).
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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 |
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A30 |
Honiton to
Ilminster |
Devonshire |
ST |
215 |
071 |
DVED |
UPOTTERY |
replaced in 1871 |
|
|
; ; ; |
Honiton and
Ilminster |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2010), "The Toll-houses of North Devon", p.93;
census 1841 |
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|
A30 |
Honiton to
Ilminster |
Upottery |
ST |
205 |
072 |
DVED |
UPOTTERY |
S of Devonshire
Inn |
|
|
OS 1st Series; ;
; |
Honiton and
Ilminster |
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|
|
UC road |
Honiton to
Ilminster |
Upottery (2) |
ST |
210 |
073 |
DVED |
UPOTTERY |
N of other
tollgate |
|
|
; ; ; |
Honiton and
Ilminster |
|
|
|
A303 |
Ilminster to
Honiton |
Birch Hill stop
(Wood Row Cottage Stop) |
ST |
237 |
098 |
DVED |
YARCOMBE |
Stopgate; jct
with B3170 |
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|
OS 1st Series; ;
; |
Honiton and
Ilminster |
Jenkinson T.
& Taylor P. (2010), "The Toll-houses of North Devon", p.92;
census 1841 |
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|
A303 |
Ilminster
to Honiton |
Somersetshire
(Westhay) |
ST |
2698 |
1246 |
SOSS |
BUCKLAND ST
MARY |
The Old
Toll House |
Main Road,
(Westhay), Giants Grave, Newtown |
at
crossroads on hill down to county boundary, at jct UC road Bishopswood |
; ; ; |
Honiton and
Ilminster |
Jenkinson
T. & Taylor P. (2010), "The Toll-houses of North Devon", p.92;
1861 census |
|
|
A303 |
Honiton to
Ilminster |
Somersetshire
(original) |
ST |
30876 |
14202 |
SOSS |
HORTON |
Somerset
Cottage |
bottom of
Ham Hill |
30m west of
jct with Forest Mill Lane |
; ; ; |
Honiton and
Ilminster |
- |
In the Milestone
Society Database, no milestones are identified in Devon but some iron mileposts
on Somerset Brown Down section (presumed to be put in place by Somerset CC). Based on the Trust
mileage reported in 1840, would expect 15.
(excluding notices of meetings and letting of tolls)
|
Application
to Parliament for Act |
15-Nov |
1827 |
|
Act
passed |
22-May |
1828 |
|
New
road open |
25-Mar |
1830 |
