This is a list of turnpike trusts that maintained roads in the West Midlands.
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 West Midlands: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire.
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | |||
| Blue Mantle Hall Turnpike Trust | 1758 | |||
| Bromyard Turnpike Trust | 1751 | 25 Geo. 2. c. 56 | ||
| Clifford to Dewchurch Turnpike Trust | 1782 | 22 Geo. 3. c. 112 | ||
| Crickhowell to New Inn Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Hereford Turnpike Trust | 1729 | 3 Geo. 2. c. 18 | ||
| Hope to Bromyard Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Kingsham, Kington, Radnor Turnpike Trust | 1788 | 28 Geo. 3. c. 105 | ||
| Kington Turnpike Trust | 1756 | 29 Geo. 2. c. 65 | ||
| Ledbury Turnpike Trust | 1720 | |||
| Leominster Turnpike Trust | 1728 | 2 Geo. 2. c. 13 | ||
| Leominster and Ledbury Turnpike Trust | 1825 | 6 Geo. 4. c. xxvi | ||
| Madeley Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Monkland and Parton Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Presteigne Turnpike Trust | 1756 | 29 Geo. 2. c. 94 | ||
| Presteigne to Knighton Turnpike Trust | 1767 | 7 Geo. 3. c. 67 | ||
| Ross Turnpike Trust | 1725 | 12 Geo. 1. c. 13 | ||
| Ross, Abergavenny, Gosmont and Hay Turnpike Trust | 1772 | 12 Geo. 3. c. 105 | ||
| Whitchurch and Llangarren Turnpike Trust | 1819 | 59 Geo. 3. c. lx | ||
| Whitney and Brewardine Turnpike Trust | 1759 | 33 Geo. 2. c. 58 | ||
| Wyeside Turnpike Trust | 1767 | 7 Geo. 3. c. 67 | ||
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | |||
| Atcham to Dorrington Turnpike Trust | 1797 | |||
| Audem and Woore Turnpike Trust | 1767 | 7 Geo. 3. c. 92 | ||
| Bishops Castle Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Bridgnorth and Shifnal Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Bridgnorth to Black Brook Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Bridgnorth Morvill Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Bridgnorth Smithy Brook Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Burlton and Llanymynech Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Cleobury Mortimer District Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Cleobury North and Ditton Priors Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Coalbrookdale and Wellington Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Ellesmere District of Shrewsbury and Wrexham, and Harmer Hill Branch Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Honington and Hilton Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Ironbridge (Buildwas to Tern Bridges) Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Kelsall to Whiston Cross Turnpike Trust | ||||
| King-Street Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Ludlow Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Madeley Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Marchwiaill, Bangor Whitchurch Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Ministerley to Churchstoke Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Much Wenlock to Church Stretton Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Newport and Ternhill Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Oswestry Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Preston Brockhurst Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shawbury Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shifnal District of Holyhead Road Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Baschurch Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Church Stretton and Condover Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Longden and Castle Pulverbach Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Minsterley Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Welshpool Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Shrewsbury to Westbury Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Wall under Haywood to Blackwood Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Watling Street, By Road Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Watling Street, Shrewsbury District and Branch Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Watling Street, Wellington District Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Welch Gate and Cotton Hill to Shrewsbury Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Wem Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Wem to Bron y Garth Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Wem to Sandford Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Wenlock Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Whitchurch to Madeley etc Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Whitchurch to Ternhill Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Trust | Founded | Initial act | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation | Title | |||
| Birmingham to Bromsgrove Turnpike Trust | 1726 | |||
| Dog Lane Gate (Bewdley) Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Droitwich Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Dudley and Brettell Lane Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Dudley and New Inn Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Dudley and Pedmore Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Dudley and Rowley Regis Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Evesham and Alcester Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Evesham Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Evesham Second District Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Hatton to Bromsgrove Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Hundred House Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Inning's Lane (from Kidderminster) Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Kidderminster Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Mickleton and Broadway and Chipping Campden Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Overbury to London Road Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Pershore Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Stourbridge Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Stourbridge to Worfield Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Tenbury Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Tinker's Gate (Bewdley) Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Upton-upon-Severn Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Welch Gate (Bewdley) Turnpike Trust | ||||
| Worcester Turnpike Trust | ||||