This trust was created
in 1781. Its main responsibilities were a network of roads radiating from the
market town.
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Ilminster |
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21 Geo3 |
1781 |
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Adds road to
Chard and Ashill |
43 Geo3 c23 |
1803 |
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Adds Sevington
road |
4 Geo4 c53 |
1823 |
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New diversion at
Putcombe |
9 Geo4 c50 |
1828 |
1849 |
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Expired |
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1879 |
Ilminster
1803
An
Act for more effectually amending, widening, and keeping in Repair the Roads from
the East End of the Town of Chard to the South End of West Moor, and from the
West End of the Yeovil Turnpike Road through Ilminster to Kenny Gate, and from
the West End of Pease Marsh Lane to Horton Elm, and from Saint Rane Hill to
Ilminster, and from White Cross to Chillington Down, and from a Place called
Three Oaks, over Ilford Bridges, to Old Way, and from The Cross Keys to
Catharine Wheel, in the Parish of Ashill, in the County of Somerset. [7th April
1803.]
Ilminster
1823
An
Act for making, amending, widening, and keeping in Repair certain Roads passing
through or near the Town of Ilminster in the County of Somerset. [23d May
1823.]
Ilminster
1828
An Act for
making, amending, widening, and keeping in repair certain Roads passing through
or near the Town of Ilminster in the County of Somerset. [13th May 1828.]
John Baker of Ilminster (clerk to the trust) reported
There are 42 miles 1 furl. of road through 27 parishes – all repaired by
the trustees (except 3 miles 3 furl.)
11 toll gates and 1 side bar
The roads are stated to be in “good” repair except the
The road from Dirston’s Corner to the Cross in Hinton St George was
introduced into the Ilchester Act on an understanding that the trustees of the
Crewkerne Roads would effect an improvement between Hinton Cross and Crewkerne for which they had
a power, and which would open up a better communication between Ilminster and
Crewkerne; the Crewkerne Trustees did not exercise their power; and the
Ilminster trustees have improved their old road, Some years ago application was
made to the trustees to repair this branch; they intimated that repairs by them
would be followed up by the erection of a gate – the application has not been
repeated.
In “Return of length of road in each Turnpike
Trust in
Trust reported 39
miles 3 furl. 198 yds (3 miles less than in 1840)
(roads identified and mapped in “Somerset Roads
– the Legacy of Turnpike, by Bentley and Murless 1985”)
A303 Petherton Bridge to Eagle Tavern
A358 Ashill to Chard and Catherine Wheel
A3037 Ilminster to A358 at Peamarsh
A3168 Ilminster to Westport
UC road to Montacute
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Road
Classification Number |
Route |
GATE NAME |
OS Grid Ref-
Prefi |
Easting |
Northing |
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District |
Civil Parish |
Location (Name or
Number) |
Road or Street
(see across) |
Position |
Evidence |
Revised 23rd Sept
2013 |
erected by
(Turnpike Trust or Authority) |
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UC road
(was A358) |
Taunton to
Ilminster |
Catherine
Wheel |
ST |
33423 |
16393 |
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SOSS |
ASHILL |
Ashill Toll
House |
Cad Road
and old road to Horton Cross |
at jct,
opp. Shrubbery Farm and The Forge |
OS 1st
Series; ; Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 &
1826.; |
Ilminster |
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Barrington |
ST |
3860 |
1836 |
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SOSS |
BARRINGTON |
village street
was turnpiked by the Ilminster Trust in 1823 together with Ruskway Lane as
far as Westport. A toll house was built at the junction of the two lanes |
; ; ; |
Ilminster |
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A358 |
Chard to
Ilminster |
Hornsbury |
ST |
3307 |
0974 |
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SOSS |
CHARD TOWN |
No. 108 |
Ilminster
Road |
at jct with
Chaffcombe Road |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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UC road |
Ilminster
to Crewkerne |
Kingstone |
ST |
37654 |
13554 |
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SOSS |
DOWLISH
WAKE |
Turnpike
Cottage, Kingstone Gate |
Kingstone
Hill |
at jct with
Moolham Lane |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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UC road
(was A303) |
Ilchester
to Honiton |
Bay Hill |
ST |
36764 |
14563 |
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SOSS |
ILMINSTER |
Toll House,
No 12 |
Bay Hill |
E of
Townsend (not on toll list in 1826) |
; ; ; |
Ilminster |
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B3138 |
Ilminster
to Horton |
Horton Road
(Haselwell) |
ST |
34747 |
15125 |
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SOSS |
ILMINSTER |
No. 138 |
Station
Road |
on western
edge of town nr the dairy factory |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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B3168 |
Curry Rivel
to Ilminster |
Old Way |
ST |
36517 |
17280 |
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SOSS |
ILMINSTER |
Old Way
Gate |
Cad Road,
Ilford |
at jct near
Conquest Business Park |
; ;
Turnpike Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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UC road (was
A303) |
Ilchester to
Honiton |
Cross |
ST |
36 |
14 |
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SOSS |
ILMINSTER |
was this Bay
Hill? Or White Cross S Petherton? |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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UC road |
Ilminster to
Shevington |
Whitelackington |
ST |
380 |
153 |
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SOSS |
ILMINSTER |
Whitelackington |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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UC road |
Montacute
to Yeovil |
Montacute |
ST |
50107 |
16750 |
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SOSS |
MONTACUTE |
Turnpike
Cottage |
Yeovil Road |
at jct with
Woodhouse Lane, on edge of village (doubt about this) |
; ; ; |
Ilminster |
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UC road |
Montacute to
Yeovil |
Odcombe |
ST |
51 |
16 |
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SOSS |
ODCOMBE |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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A303 |
Ilchester to
South Petherton |
Bridge Cross |
ST |
4467 |
1654 |
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SOSS |
SOUTH PETHERTON |
Bridge Cross |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; advert for lease of tolls 1813 & 1826.; |
Ilminster |
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Dillington |
ST |
3750 |
1506 |
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SOSS |
WHITELACKINGTON |
S of Dillington
Farm |
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Ilminster |
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B3151 (was A303) |
Ilchester to
Sparkford |
Northover |
ST |
524 |
233 |
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SOSS |
ILCHESTER |
Northover |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; Trust map 1826; |
Ilchester |
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B3151 (was A37) |
Ilchester to
Yeovil |
Ilchester South |
ST |
522 |
225 |
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SOSS |
ILCHESTER |
Church Street |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; Trust map 1826; |
Ilchester |
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UC road (was
A303) |
Ilchester to
Ilminster |
Ilchester West |
ST |
521 |
225 |
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SOSS |
ILCHESTER |
West Street |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; Trust map 1826; |
Ilchester |
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A37 |
Shepton Mallet to
Ilchester |
West Lydford |
ST |
56 |
31 |
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SOSS |
LYDFORD ON FOSSE |
West Lydford |
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; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Ilchester |
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UC road (was
A303) |
Sparkford to
Wincanton |
Sparkford |
ST |
607 |
263 |
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SOSS |
SPARKFORD |
The Octagon |
The Avenue |
just off the A359
(was Post Office in 1903) |
; ; Turnpike
Trust Returns 1824; |
Ilchester |
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In the Milestone
Society Database, 13 milestones are
identified along this road, mainly Ilminster iron plates. Based on the mileage
reported by the Trust in 1840, would expect 42.
