Bath
Turnpike Trust (updated
15th Feb 2009)
This trust, created in
1707, was one of the earliest turnpike trusts in England. Its main responsibilities
were the western end of the Great
Western Road to Bath Spa and a network of roads
radiating into NE Somerset..
List of Acts
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Bath (3
districts)
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6 Anne c42
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1707
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39 Geo3
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1798
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41 Geo3
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1801
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10 Geo4
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1829
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1860
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Expired
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1878
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Bath 1798
An Act for more effectually repairing,
widening, and improving the Road from Combe Bridge, through Winsley
and Bradford to Staverton, and the Road from Bradford
Bridge to Cockhill Gate, and the Road from the Bottom
of Mason's Lane, near the Town of Bradford, all in the County of Wilts, to join
the Turnpike Road leading from the City of Bath to Kingsdown, at or near
Bathford Bridge, in the County of Somerset, and also several other Roads
leading from or near the said Roads, in the said County of Wilts; and for
maintaining a Bridge over the River Avon, at Stokeford,
in the same County. [5th April 1798.]
Bath 1801
An Act for continuing for Twenty-one Years,
and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Term,
and altering and enlarging the Powers of Two Acts, passed in the Thirtieth Year
of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second and the Nineteenth Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending, widening, making commodious,
and keeping in Repair, the Road from the Cross Keys otherwise Bricker's Barn,
in the Parish of Corsham in the County of Wilts, to
Bath Easton Bridge in the County of Somerset. [30th April 1801.]
Bath 1829
An Act for amending and
otherwise improving several Roads leading into and from the City of Bath, and
for making new Branches of Roads to and from the same. [1st June 1829.]
Select Committee on State
of Roads 1840
Phillip George of Bath
(clerk to the trust) reported
There are 51 miles 2 furl. of road through 34 parishes – all repaired by
the trustees
17 toll gates and 9 side bars
The roads are stated to be in “generally good” repair – no part under
indictment for want of repair.
In “Return of length of road in each Turnpike
Trust in England & Wales”
Parl. Papers 1847-48 – (dated May 1848)
Trust reported 52
miles 2 furl. 29 yds (similar to 1840)
List of Roads
(in Somerset Roads – the Legacy of Turnpike, by
Bentley and Murless 1985)
Return to Turnpikes
in Somerset general page
Known Tollhouses (extracts
from Tollhouse National database) 25 sites identified of the 17 reported by the
Trust in 1840
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Records
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X
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Bath Easton
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AVBS
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Bath Easton
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T
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BATH
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book
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X
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Bathwick
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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AR
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OK
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UC
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Old Road from Bath to Radstock
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ST
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7442
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6326
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Bloomfield Road
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AVBS
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BATH
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Westfield Cottage
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150, Bloomfield Road
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at jct with Englishcombe Lane
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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book
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X
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Burnthouse
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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AR
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OK
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UC
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Bath to Claverton Down
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ST
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7705
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6421
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Claverton ?
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AVBS
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BATH
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The Round House
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The Avenue, at Top
of Bathwick Hill, Claverton Down
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opp. Copeland,
now in a cul de sac by entrance to University on the Bath Skyline Trail
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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Records
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X
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Combe Down middle
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AVBS
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Combe Down middle
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T
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BATH
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Records
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X
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Coomb Hill
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AVBS
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Coomb Hill
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T
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BATH
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book
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X
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Cross Post
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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AR
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OK
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A4
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Bath to Box
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ST
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7593
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6614
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Grosvenor
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AVBS
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BATH
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No. 1
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Balustrade
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at jct with St Saviour's Road,
at end of shops
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T
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1820 to 1830
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still standing
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BATH
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Records
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X
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Holloway
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AVBS
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Holloway
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T
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BATH
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book
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X
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Kelston
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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book
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X
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Lansdown
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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book
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X
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London Road
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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book
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X
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Lower Bristol
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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book
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X
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Marksbury
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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Records
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X
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Marksbury
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AVBS
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Marksbury
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T
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BATH
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JRD
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OK
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A367
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ST
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629
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569
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Red Post Inn
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AVBS
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PEASEDOWN ST JOHN
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opp Red Post Inn
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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AR
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OK
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A4
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Bath to Bristol
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ST
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6893
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6737
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Saltford
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AVBS
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SALTFORD
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Old Turnpike
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532, Bath Road
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on corner
approaching from Bath
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T
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1832
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still standing
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BATH
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JRD
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OK
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A39
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Bath to Wells
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ST
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668
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641
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Two Headed Man
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AVBS
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MARKSBURY
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Two Headed Man,
Wansdyke
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at jct with B3116
to Keynsham
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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JRD
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OK
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Walcot
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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AR
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OK
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A363
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Bradford to Bath
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ST
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7885
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6628
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Warleigh Point
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AVBS
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BATHFORD
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Warleigh Point
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Bradford Road
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at jct to
Warleigh
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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book
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X
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Wells
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AVBS
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BATH
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T
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the 19th century
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BATH
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Records
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X
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Weston
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AVBS
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Weston
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T
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BATH
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AR
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OK
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A37
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Bristol to Shepton Mallet
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ST
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6292
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5685
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White Cross
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AVBS
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CLUTTON
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Turnpike Cottage
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White Cross, Wells Road,
Hallatrow
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at jct with A39
to Hallotrow and Bath,
between Temple Cloud and Farrington Gurney
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T
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the 19th century
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still standing
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BATH
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Records
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X
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Widcombe
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AVBS
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Widcombe
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T
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BATH
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Known Milestones
In the Milestone Society
Database, 37 milestones are identified along this road, mostly on the A4, A39 and A367, several
in designs referred to as Bath Plate and the Bath Guildhall Plate. Based on the mileage reported by the Trust in 1840,
would expect 51.