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[email protected] Website: www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk Subject Guide 6 – Turnpike Road Records Issue no. 5 July 2020 Maintenance of The King’s Highway had been the responsibility of parish authorities until around 1700. Turnpike Trusts then took over the construction and maintenance of major roads, until the creation of Highway Boards in 1878 (and then County Councils in 1889). Listed below are the trusts which existed in County Durham (and in that part of the North Riding of Yorkshire which became part of Durham in 1974). The limits within which they operated are given (together with approximate current road numbers), as are the dates of the Acts of Parliament which authorised their operations. A brief indication is given of relevant records held in the Durham County Record Office. The Record Office also holds a set of local Acts of Parliament (into which category most Turnpike Acts fell) from 1798, and these may be consulted in the Search Room. ALLENDALE Allenheads – Cowshill [B6295] Acts: 1826, 1853, 1875 Deposited plan, 1825 Q/D/P 20 BISHOPWEARMOUTH AND NORTON Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland) – Norton (Stockton) [A19] Acts: 1789, 1811, 1832, 1875 Deposited plan, 1831 Q/D/P 42 Sale of tollhouse sites, 1873-1877 Q/D/B 1 (pp.438-446) BOROUGHBRIDGE, CATTERICK AND PIERCEBRIDGE Boroughbridge - Catterick - Piercebridge [A1, B6275] Acts: 1742, 1749, 1784, 1803, 1825, 1862, 1875 Act, 1742 D/St/X2/1 BOROUGHBRIDGE, DARLINGTON AND DURHAM Boroughbridge - Northallerton - Croft Bridge - Darlington - Durham [A167] Acts: 1745, 1749, 1792, 1801, 1812, 1832, 1868, 1871 Mortgage bond, 1746 D/X 107/1 Toll lease bond, 1761 D/X 107/2 Resolutions concerning possible amalgamation, 1822 D/HH 2/16/202 Letter relating to dividend payments, 1825 D/X 107/6 Deposited plan of improvements, 1831 Q/D/P 39 Receipts for repayment of capital, 1843/1848 D/X 107/7-8 Plan (Entercommon to Darlington), n.d.