Plymouth Tavistock Turnpike Road
This trust was created
in 1804 to take responsibility for a road previously in the care of the
Tavistock Trust (created in 1762). This main road had been a burden on the Tavistock
Trust and the separation allowed improvements and rebuilding of parts of the
J House of Commons - Reports
10 Dec 1761 Tavistock
Pet of gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and
other in and near Tavistock and near
That road from Market Place in Tavistock
across church yard to lower Abbey gate over River Tavy, thru
And from South end of bridge by places
called Rock Jump, Knocker’s Hole and Manadon Gate to
Old Town Gate in
And from Manadon Gate to Old Pound near Plymouth Dock
And from Tavistock to
And Galworthy to
East end of
And road from Tavistock thru Milemead Lane, Lamerton Green, Tooldown, Milton Abbot, Church Town and Feldown Head to East of Greston Bridge in Parish of Dunterton, in road to Launceston,
And road from Tavistock by Wringworthy Lane Head and Beardon to Downton Gate in Parish of Lydford
And road from Tavistock by Hardwick and over Heathfield Down to a Public House called Riccard’s House, in Parish of Lamerton
Are very ruinous and dangerous for travellers and in many places carriages cannot pass without great difficulty
And that the Streets of Tavistock leading to East Bridge across River Tavy in road to Plymouth are very narrow and inconvenient and carriages frequently overturned, at great peril and danger to travellers and although taking down old bridge and building a new at Abbey Gate will be a great public convenience, it cannot be done without aid cannot be done without aid of Parliament
14 Dec 1761
Mr Rigby reported
To prove Mr Richard Turner said roads are ruinous
Mr Abraham Pike confirmed
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Vol 33 12 Geo III
18 Feb 1772
Pet of gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and principal inhabitants of Borough of Tavistock and of trustees of Act of 2 Geo III
They have proceeded and executed Act borrowed and expending a considerable sum of money but cannot sufficiently be repaired without continuation and enlargement
The road thru Matthew Street and Brook Street over river Tavy, by Tavyton and over Little Down and by Merreville Bridge and Two Bridges to CherryBrook in the Forest of Dartmoor in rd from Exeter to Tavistock thru Moreton Hampstead
And road from two bridges to Dunnabridge Pound in road from Tavistock to Ashburton
And road branching from the Callington TP leading thru Morwellham Lane over Morwell Down to certain Quays on the River Tamar are in some places very narrow.
25 Feb 1772
Mr Rigby rpt
To prove Mr Christopher Gullett said have borrowed and roads are ruinous
6 mar 1772
Petition of aldermen and Common council of Bodmin and others and trustees of Bodmin
TP (9 Geo III) and mortgagees of tolls – note this and another act for
Cherry Brook is 15 miles from Tavistock Note
there are 3 Great TPS completed and in good repair thru Devon to
No public road was ever known over that
part of
20 Mar 1772
Pet of gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and
principal inhabitants of Dunheved otherwise
Launceston and
There are already 3 Great Turnpikes,
Moretonhampstead is a small and inconsiderable place, The Forest of Dartmoor is
very hilly wild and uninhabited – all three roads West from
23 Mar1772 Pet of Mayor, Burgesses assistants and inhabitants Okehampton and trustees of Act of 1760 and mortgagees noting also the Dunsford Act
There is at present a great TP to Okehampton and Lydford and to
Greater part of intended road is wild, bleak, mountainous and uninhabited and impassable for months in a year –will not be of public utility to build
List of
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53 Geo3 c26 |
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10&11 Vic c47 |
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Tavistock
to
An Act for the better amending and repairing of the Roads leading from the Lower Market House in Tavistock, to Old Town Gate, in the Borough of Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate to the Old Pound near Plymouth Dock, in the County of Devon. [3d May 1804.]
Tavistock
to
An
Act for altering and enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, of the
Forty-fourth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing the Roads leading from
Tavistock to Old Town Gate, in the Borough of Plymouth, and from Manadon Gate to the Old Pound near Plymouth Dock, in the
County of Devon. [1st April 1813.]
Select Committee on State of Roads 1840
Henry Woollcombe of
There are 16 miles of road thru 10 parishes – all repaired by the
trustees
6 toll gates and 3 side bars
The roads are stated to be in “good” condition – no part under
indictment for want of repair.
List of Roads
Tavistock Road; B3250 from Old Pound, Plymouth, N to Manadon, then A386 through Horrabridge, over Bedford
Bridge, on west bank of River Tavy to Lower Market House, Tavistock. (about 15
miles)
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