This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the north east of England.
Between 1663 and 1836, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed a series of acts of Parliament that created organisations – turnpike trusts – that collected road tolls, and used the money to repair the road. These applied to major roads, around a fifth of the road network.[1] The turnpike system was phased out in the 1870s, and major roads transitioned in the 1880s to the maintenance of the new county councils.
The counties used for these lists are the historic counties of England that existed at the time of the turnpike trusts. This article lists those in the north east of England: County Durham and Northumberland.
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | |||
| Berwick and North Durham Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Bishopswearmouth and Norton Turnpike Trust | 1789 | |||
| Boroughbridge and Durham Turnpike Trust | 1744 | 18 Geo. 2. c. 8 | ||
| Bowes and Sunderland Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1747 | 21 Geo. 2. c. 5 | ||
| Catterick Bridge to Durham Turnpike Trust | 1746 | 20 Geo. 2. c. 28 | ||
| Cockerton Bridge and Staindrop Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Cows Hill to Calton Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Darlington and West Auckland Turnpike Trust | 1750 | 24 Geo. 2. c. 30 | ||
| Darlington or Angel Inn and Barton Lane End Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Darlington to Middleton Tyas Turnpike Trust | 1831 | |||
| Derwent and Shotley Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1833 | |||
| Durham and Shotley Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1810 | 50 Geo. 3. c. iii | ||
| Durham and Sunderland Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Durham and Tyne Bridge Turnpike Trust | 1746 | 20 Geo. 2. c. 12 | ||
| Edmondbyers Turnpike Trust | 1815 | 55 Geo. 3. c. x | ||
| Eggleston Coal Road Turnpike Trust | 1792 | 32 Geo. 3. c. 127 | ||
| Gateshead and Hexham Turnpike Trust | 1777 | 17 Geo. 3. c. 110 | ||
| Lobley Hill and Branches Turnpike Trust | 1793 | 33 Geo. 3. c. 148 | ||
| Middleton to Staindrop Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Ovingham to Bywell Turnpike Trust | 1777 | 17 Geo. 3. c. 110 | ||
| Piercebridge to Kirkmellington Turnpike Trust | 1747 | 21 Geo. 2. c. 27 | ||
| South Shields Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. xvii | ||
| Stanhope to Shotley Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Stockton and Barnard Castle Turnpike Trust | 1746 | 20 Geo. 2. c. 25 | ||
| Wearmouth Bridge and Tyne Bridge and Branches Turnpike Trust | 1796 | 36 Geo. 3. c. 136 | ||
| West Auckland Turnpike Trust | 1792 | 32 Geo. 3. c. 113 | ||
| Whickham to Stanhope Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Winlaton to Shotley Bridge Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | |||
| Allendale Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxiv | ||
| Alnmouth and Hexham Turnpike Trust | 1751 | 25 Geo. 2. c. 46 | ||
| Alnwick to Eddlingham Turnpike Trust | 1826 | 7 Geo. 4. c. lxxv | ||
| Bartry Ford to Burnstones Turnpike Trust | 1794 | 34 Geo. 3. c. 125 | ||
| Belford to Ford Bridge Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Cow-causey and Buckton-Burn Turnpike Trust | 1746 | 20 Geo. 2. c. 9 | ||
| Deanburn Bridge, Berwick, Cornhill Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Elsdon and Rudwater Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Ford, Lowick and Redscar Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Hexham Turnpike Trust(Glenwilt to Shildon Common Turnpike Trust) | 1751 | 25 Geo. 2. c. 48 | ||
| Hexham to Alston Turnpike Trust | 1778 | 18 Geo. 3. c. 116 | ||
| Kelso to Cornhill Turnpike Trust | 1793 | 33 Geo. 3. c. 185 | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle Turnpike Trust | 1750 | 24 Geo. 2. c. 25 | ||
| Newcastle upon Tyne to River Wanspeck Turnpike Trust | ||||
| North Shields and Newcastle upon Tyne Turnpike Trust | 1749 | 22 Geo. 2. c. 9 | ||
| Percy's Cross to Millfield Turnpike Trust | 1807 | |||
| Ponteland Turnpike Trust | 1748 | 22 Geo. 2. c. 7 | ||
| Shields and Morpeth Turnpike Trust | 1814 | 54 Geo. 3. c. xxix | ||
| Wooler and Adderstone Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. xxviii | ||
| Wooler and Beamish Turnpike Trust | 1751 | 25 Geo. 2. c. 18 | ||