Improvement / Paving Commission Initial Act Date of First Act (or earliest record) Date Relevant Act Form Primary County Code
Oxford Mileway 18 Eliz c20 1567 in 1812 no mention of turnpikes OX repairing and mending bridges and various highways near to the city of Oxford         OXMW Oxford Mileway OX
Westminster 9 Geo2 c17 1736 in 1825 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways MX
New Sarum 10 Geo2 c6 1737 1815 Act - Commission have tp toll gates on Sundays and race days to pave streets WI
Gloucester 23 Geo2 c15 1750 GL
Leeds 1755 1824 widening Middle Row but TP not mentioned YWR
Chester 43 Geo2 c47 1762 CH
Birmingham 1769 9 Geo4 c54 1812 Act leaves turnpikes responsible; 1828 Act removes responsibilies of TP trusts within the town WA
Strood & Rochester  1769 KE
Winchester 11 Geo3 c9 1771 1808 Act only brides - no mention of turnpikes HA
Wolverhampton 1777 in 1814 no mention of turnpikes ST
Saisbury 1785 WI
Cambridge 1788 CA
Bath 29 Geo3 c73 1789 SO
Chichester Chichester Paving and Improvement Act 1791 1791 in 1821 no mention of turnpikes SX
Dudley 1791 WO
Bolton  1792 1 Geo4 c46 1830 Act Tp trusts no longer responsible within town (only higher end) YWR
Derby 32 Geo3 c78 1792 in 1825 no mention of turnpikes DE
Ipswich 1793 in 1815 no mention of turnpikes SU
Northampton 1797 in 1814 built new toll bridge - pays for bridge and streets NR
Stoney Stratford 41 Geo3 c130 1801 to pave the causeway BU
Bedford  43 Geo3 c128 1803 1803 took over turnpike roads within town - collected tolls on bridge by 1810 Act BD
Worthing 43 Geo3 c59 1803 1/2 Geo4 c59 in 1821 paved main highways SX
Exeter 1806 2/3 Will4 c.106 no mention of turnpikes but includes new streets DV
Lichfield 1806 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways; 1815 Act excludes turnikes ST
Norwich 1806 no mention of turnpikes NO
Bristol  1806 no mention of turnpikes GL
Beverley  1808 in 1825 no mention of turnpikes - only paving streets YER
Bury St Edmund's  1811 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways SU
Preston  1815 Commission not resp for Highways LA
Sheffield 1818 not paving - no mention of turnpikes; 1827 Don Bridge no toll YWR
Hastings 1820 2 Will4 c.91 no mention of turnpikes in 1832 act SX
Cheltenham 1821 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways GL
Alnwick 1822 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways NB
Barnsley 1822 no mention of turnpikes YWR
Durham 1822 no mention of turnpikes but tolls still taken DU
Darlington 1823 no mention of turnpikes DU
Halifax 1823 no mention of turnpikes YWR
Mansfield 1823 no mention of turnpikes NT
Worcester 1823 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways
Keighley 1824 no mention of turnpikes WO
Lancaster 1824 no mention of turnpikes YWR
Plymouth 1824 no mention of turnpikes DV
Walsall 1824 Tp trustees to give Commissioners resources for Highways within town ST
Brighton 1825 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town SX
Cirencester 1825 no mention of turnpikes but includes new streets WI
Devizes 1825 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town WI
Leamington 1825 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town WA
Louth 1825 Commissioners resonsible for highways - Tp not mentioned LI
Margate 1825 improved streets KE
Newbury 1825 Tp trustees still responsible for Highways BE
Oundle 1825 no mention of turnpikes NR
Stourbridge 1825 no mention of turnpikes WO
Sudbury 1825 Tp trustees to give Commissioners resources for Highways within town SU
York 6 Geo4 c127 1825 Commissioners to maintain all highways (Tps not specifically mentioned) YNR
Bridgewater 7 Geo4 c7 1826 no mention of turnpikes SO
Monmouth 7 Geo4 c6 1826 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town MON
Oldham 7 Geo4 c117 1826 Tp trust (Austerland) no longer responsible within town (Bow Street to King Street) LA
Reading 7 Geo4 c56 1826 Tp Trust (longdon Road) no longer responsible within town (Red Lane to Castle Street) BE
Sunderland 7 Geo4 c120 1826 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town DU
Cliff (Lewes) 9 Geo4 c25 1828 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town SX
Lincoln 9 Geo4 c27 1828 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town LI
North Shields 9 Geo4 c37 1828 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town NB
Regent Street 9 Geo4 1828 improved streets MX jurisdiction of the commissioners acting in the execution of two acts for paving and regulating the Regent's Park, together with the new street from thence to Pall Mall; and to amend the said acts [1828}
Wantage  9 Geo4 c90 1828 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town BE
Isle of Sheppey 10 Geo4 c121 1829 no mention of turnpikes KE
Kington 10 Geo4 c102 1829 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town HF
Ryde 10 Geo4 c39 1829 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town HA
South Shields 10 Geo4 c40 1829 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town DU
Dover  11 Geo4 c117 1830 no mention of turnpikes KE
Liverpool  11 Geo4 c15 1830 improved streets (also street improvements 1820) LA
Stafford  11 Geo4 c44 1830 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town ST
Yeovil Town  11 Geo4 c106 1830 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town SO
Manchester 2 Will4 c36 1832 improve London Road to Chorlton and bridge at Hunts Bank LA
St Leonards-on-Sea 2 Will4 c45 1832 no mention of turnpikes SX
Birkenhead  3 Will4 c68 1833 Tp trusts no longer responsible within town CH
Canterbury 3 & 4 Will4 c11 1833 KE
Gravesend 3 Will4 c51 1833 no mention of turnpikes KE
Herne Bay 3 & 4 Will4 c105 1833 improved streets KE
Dorchester 4 Will4 c16 1834 continue tollgates on Sundays & fair days; Tp trusts no longer responsible within town DO
Downham Market 5 & 6 Will4 c52 1835 NO
Crediton 6 & 7 Will4 c25 1836 DV
Milton next Sittingbourne 1 Vic c20 1837 KE
Bradford on Avon  1839 WI
Walton on the Naze 1841 EX
Severn Navigationers 1842 GL
Ventnor 1844 HA
Ashton under Lyne  1849 LA
Bradford  1850 YWR
Wigan 1874 LA