Crewkerne Turnpike Trust                     (updated 18th Feb 2009)

This trust was created in 1765. Its main responsibilities were (a) a section of the Post Road between Yeovil and Chard (b) a network of roads radiating from the market town into South Somerset to the Devon border.

List of Acts

Crewkerne

 

5 Geo3 c61

1765

 

 

 

26 Geo3

1786

 

 

 

45 Geo3

1805

 

 

 

6 Geo4 c159

1825

1846

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

1879

Crewkerne 1805

An Act for repairing several Roads leading to and from the Town of Crewkerne, in the County of Somerset. [1st March 1805.]

Crewkerne 1825

An Act for repairing several Roads leading to and from the Town of Crewkerne in the County of Somerset, and other Roads in the same County. [10th June 1825.]

 

Select Committee on State of Roads 1840

Isaac Sparks and Edward Murly of Crewkerne (clerks to the trust) reported

There are 27 miles 6 furl. of road through 9 parishes – all repaired by the trustees

3 toll gates and 2 side bar

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 27 miles 6 furl. 170 yds (similar to 1840)

List of Roads

(road identified and mapped in Somerset Roads – the Legacy of Turnpike, by Bentley and Murless 1985)

 

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Known Tollhouses (extracts from Tollhouse National database) 7 sites  identified of the 3 reported (and 2 sides) by the Trust in 1840

Records

X

 

 

 

 

 

Eight Acres Hill

SOSS

Eight Acres Hill

 

 

 

T

 

 

CREW

Records

X

 

 

 

 

 

Hewish

SOSS

Hewish

 

 

 

T

 

 

CREW

Records

X

 

 

 

 

 

Merriott's Ford

SOSS

Merriott's Ford

 

 

 

T

 

 

CREW

Records

X

 

 

 

 

 

Misterton

SOSS

Misterton

 

 

 

T

 

 

CREW

JRD/AR

OK

A356

Crewkerne to Martock

ST

4638

1594

Norton Cross

SOSS

NORTON SUB HAMDON

Turnpike Cottage

Turnpike Cross, Main Martock Road

at cross roads west of village

T

the 19th century

still standing

CREW

Records

X

 

 

 

 

 

Shutteroaks Bridge

SOSS

Shutteroaks Bridge

 

 

 

T

 

 

CREW

JRD

OK

B3165

Crewkerne to Lyme Regis

ST

4198

0769

Clapton

SOSS

CREWKERNE

The Old Toll House

Clapton Road

 

T

the 19th century

still standing

CREW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Known Milestones

In the Milestone Society Database, 3 milestones are identified along this road, mostly on the A356 and B3165, most in a designs referred to as Crewkerne Plate. Based on the mileage reported by the Trust in 1840, would expect 28.