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Derbyshire Turnpike Roads and Bridge Trusts, 1724-1896

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  • Author(s) Riden, Philip, & Dudley Fowkes
  • Publication type Monograph
  • Year published 2019
  • Pages 271pp
  • Publisher Derbyshire Record Society
  • Place Published Chesterfield

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Provides a listing of mostly turnpike trusts but also of three bridge trusts. For each trust provides details of the acts under which it operated; a description at series level of surviving archives and 'deposited plans'; a bibliography; a detailed description of route; and details of tollhouses. There is an introductory chapter on the history of Derbyshire turnpikes [pp9-30] and an atlas showing routes [pp35-46]. Covers the following trusts: Manchester & Buxton; Cavendish Bridge & Brassington; Chesterfield & Worksop; Burton upon Trent & Derby; Ashby de la Zouche & Tutbury; Derby, Duffield, Wirksworth & Sheffield; Cavendish Bridge; Sheffield & Chapel en le Frith; Derby & Uttoxeter; Mansfield & Chesterfield; Nottingham & Newhaven; Macclesfield & Buxton; Chesterfield & Hernstone Lane Head; Nottingham & Derby; Chesterfield to Matlock, Darley & Rowsley Bridges; Hinckley & Melbourne; Glascote & Pinwall Lane; Ashbourne, Leek & Congleton; Derby, Mansfield & Nuthall; Rotherham & Pleasley; Alfreton & Mansfield; Ashbourne, Belper Bridge & Openwood; Bramcote, Ilkeston & Buxton; Mansfield & Tibshelf; Leek, Hassop, Middlehills & Buxton; Cromford Bridge & Langley Mill; Ashbourne, Sudbury & Yoxall Bridge; Birkin Lane, Tupton & Ashover; Birmingham, Chesterfield & High Moors; Darley Moor & Ellastone; Macclesfield & Chapel en le Frith; Tamworth Roads; Butterton, Warslow, Hartington & Longnor; Peniston & Grindleford; Derby, Ashbourne & Hurdlow; Gander Lane & Sheffield; Owler Bar; Alfreton, Higham & Tibshelf; Kirby & Pinxton; Congleton & Buxton; Chapel en le Frith & Enterclough Bridge; Saddleworth & Glossop; Wirksworth & Hulland Ward; Heague & Duffield; Moira & Gresley; Stockport & Marple Bridge; Alfreton & Derby; Glossop & Marple Bridge; Cromford & Newhaven; Idridgehay & Duffield; Clowne & Budby; Ashford, Buxton, Tideswell & Edensor; Haddon & Bentley; Banner Cross & Foxhouse; Sheffield & Glossop; Temple Normanton & Tibshelf; Thornsett; Willington & Repton; Rocester & Ashbourne; Greenhill Moor & Eckington