Durham County Record Office County Hall Durham DH1 5UL Telephone: 03000 267619 Email: [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. D/X 107/30 Plan (Northallerton to Croft Bridge), n.d. D/X 107/31 Plan (Northallerton to Darlington), n.d. D/X 107/33 Sale of tollhouse sites, 1871-1872 Q/D/B 1 (pp.418-419) BOWES AND BROUGH Bowes - Brough [A66] Acts: 1743, 1769, 1791, 1813, 1862, 1867, 1873 HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide06Turnpikes.docx/14-Jul-20/14:27 page 1 BOWES AND SUNDERLAND BRIDGE Bowes - Barnard Castle - Staindrop - Bishop Auckland - Sunderland Bridge (Croxdale) [A67, A688, B6288] Acts: 1748, 1756, 1792, 1813, 1816, 1870 Act, 1748 D/Sa/X 108 Acts, 1756/1792/1813 D/St/X 2/5 Mortgages of tolls, 1748-1846 D/HH 10/18/83-96 Accounts, 1770-1871 RD/BC 33 Orders for obtaining gravel, 1796/1824 D/Sa/E 985-986 Parliamentary bill, 1813 D/X 606/5 Act, 1813 D/HH 10/18/1 Legal case papers, 1818-1871 D/HH 10/18/176-207,212 List of trustees, [1822] D/HH 2/16/201 Minutes, 1823-1870 RD/BC 32 Receipts and payments, 1823-1854 D/HH 10/18/67 Financial records, 1827-1868 D/HH 10/18/68-82 Plans, [c.1837-c.1859] D/HH 10/18/208-211 Affidavits concerning repair of road, 1839 D/HH 10/18/648 Leases of tollgates, 1857-1867 D/HH 10/18/14-66 Notices of meetings of trustees and lettings of tollgates,1857-1869 D/HH 10/18/2-13 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1857-1863 D/HH 10/18/103-175 Notices of lettings of tollgates, 1863-1866 RD/BC 34 Sales of property and abolition of trust, 1866-1870 D/HH 10/18/97-102 BROUGH AND MIDDLETON BRIDGE Brough - Middleton Bridge (Middleton in Teesdale) [B6276]; also Chapel House (Laithkirk) - Eggleston Bridge [B6277, B6281] Acts: 1817, 1853, 1854, 1873 Act, 1817 D/HH 10/18/213 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1845-1871 D/HH 10/18/303-310 Leases of tollgates, 1851-1872 D/HH 10/18/216-236 Notices of meetings, 1853/1873 D/HH 10/18/214-215 Mortgage debt, 1853-1854 D/HH 10/18/242-273 Statements of income and expenditure, 1868-1874 D/HH 10/18/237-241 Sales of property and abolition of trust, 1873-1874 D/HH 10/18/274-302 CATTERICK BRIDGE AND DURHAM Catterick Bridge - Yarm - Stockton - Sedgefield - Durham [A135, A177] Acts: 1742, 1746, 1753, 1789, 1810, 1830, 1861, 1862, 1862, 1875 Bill, [1752] D/St/X2/4 Sales of tollhouse sites, 1878 Q/D/B 1 (pp.447-448,450-452) COCKERTON BRIDGE AND STAINDROP Cockerton Bridge (Darlington) - Staindrop [B6279] Acts: 1793, 1814, 1835 Mortgage bond, 1794 D/X 107/4 Plan, c.1800 D/XP 165 Appointment of surveyor, 1822 D/HH 10/18/652 Order book, 1823-1835 D/DL 4 Balance sheet, 1829 D/XD 16 CUMBERLAND Burtryford (Burtree Ford, Cowshill) - Alston (A689) Acts: 1794, 1815, 1824, 1853 Deposited plan, 1823 Q/D/P 11 DARLINGTON AND BARTON LANE END Angel Inn at Darlington - Barton Lane End (Middleton Tyas) [C-road Stapleton Bank] Acts: 1831, 1862, 1863, 1876 Minute book, 1831-1873 D/XD 60 HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide06Turnpikes.docx/14-Jul-20/14:27 page 2 DARLINGTON AND COCKERTON BRIDGE UNITED Formed by amalgamation of Darlington & West Auckland and Cockerton Bridge & Staindrop Trusts Acts: 1835, 1873 Sale of tollhouse sites, 1873 Q/D/B 1 (pp.423-428, 431-432, 435-437) DARLINGTON AND WEST AUCKLAND Darlington - West Auckland [A68] Acts: 1751, 1756, 1795, 1814 Bill, 1755 D/St/X 2/6 Miscellaneous papers (inc. mortgages), 1752-1820 D/DL 4 Mortgage bond, 1794 D/X 107/4 Appointment of surveyor, 1822 D/HH 10/18/654 DERWENT AND SHOTLEY BRIDGE Axwell Park (Blaydon) - Shotley Bridge [A694] Acts: 1833, 1865, 1866, 1885 Deposited plan, 1832 Q/D/P 47 DURHAM AND SHOTLEY BRIDGE Durham - Lanchester - Shotley Bridge [A691] Acts: 1810, 1831, 1865 Deposited plan, 1830 Q/D/P 35 Letter relating to ejection of collector at Lanchester, 1869 D/X 571/2/38 DURHAM AND TYNE BRIDGE Durham - Tyne Bridge (Gateshead) [A167] Acts: 1746, 1753, 1773, 1813, 1824, 1871 Financial statements, 1830-1835 D/HH 2/16/47 Deposited plan of proposed alterations, 1809 Q/D/P 2a GATESHEAD AND HEXHAM Gateshead - Ryton - Dilston [C-road to Swalwell, B6317] Acts: 1777, 1799, 1820, 1854, 1855, 1871 Act, 1793 D/Br/E 334 Plan, 1798 D/St/X 2/8 Correspondence: contribution by Stella Coal Co. to upkeep, 1866 NCB01/JS 27(65-67) GATHERLEY MOOR, STAINDROP AND WINSTON Gatherley Moor (West Gilling) – Staindrop [B6274]; also Smallways (Newsham) – Winston [C-road Lanehead Lane, Girlington Bank, Ovington Lane] Acts: 1761, 1782, 1803, 1825, 1863, 1864 Bill and related papers, 1760-1761 D/St/X 2/7 LOBLEY HILL AND BURTRYFORD Lobley Hill (Dunston) – Burtryford (Burtree Ford, Cowshill) [A692, B6168, B6296, A689]; also Bryan's Leap (Burnopfield) – Blackhedley (Carterway Heads) [B6310, B6278]; also Wolsingham – Durham [A689, A690] Acts: 1793, 1814, 1837, 1872 Reports and accounts, 1872-1874 D/X 75/38 MIDDLETON AND BOWES Middleton Tyas - Gatherley Moor (West Gilling) - Greta Bridge – Bowes [A66] Acts: 1744, 1771, 1792, 1814, 1862, 1875 Act, 1744 D/St/X 2/2 MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE AND EGGLESTON or EGGLESTON COAL ROAD Middleton-in-Teesdale – Edge (Wackerfield) [B6282, Esperley Lane]; also Eggleston - Eggleston Bridge [B6281] Acts: 1792, 1808, 1829, 1860, 1882 Acts, 1808/1829 D/St/X 2/10 Agreement for repair of road, 1814 D/HH 10/18/651 HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide06Turnpikes.docx/14-Jul-20/14:27 page 3 List of trustees, [1822] D/HH 2/16/201 Application for Act, 1828-1829 D/HH 10/18/311-312 Purchase of land, 1841 D/HH 10/18/656 Minutes of meeting, 1841 D/HH 2/16/204 Act, 1869 D/X 339/6 PIERCEBRIDGE AND TUDHOE LANE END Piercebridge – Kirk Merrington – Tudhoe Lane End (Spennymoor/Tudhoe) [B6275, C-roads, B6288] Act: 1748 Plan (Piercebridge to Royal Oak tollgate), n.d. D/X 107/32 SOUTH SHIELDS AND VIGO LANE South Shields - White Mere Pool (Wardley Park, Heworth) - Vigo Lane (Birtley) [A194]; also Jarrow Slake (Templetown) - East Boldon [B1302, B1298] Acts: 1826, 1853, 1854, 1869 Deposited plans, 1823/1824/1825 Q/D/P 12,16,21 Report on tollgates in South Shields, 1866 D/X 189/1 (iv) STAINDROP AND GRETA BRIDGE Staindrop - Whorlton - Greta Bridge [C-roads] Act: 1829 Deposited plan, 1828 Q/D/P 32 Establishment of trust, construction of bridge/roads, 1828-1830 D/HH 10/18/314-371 Correspondence, 1828-1830 D/HH 10/18/552-626,649 Act, 1829 D/HH 10/18/313 Statements of income/expenditure; balance sheets, 1829-1844 D/HH 10/18/372-387 Accounts and vouchers, 1829-1844 D/HH 10/18/411-551 Leases of tollgates, 1830-1848 D/HH 10/18/388-410 Minutes of concerning letting of tollgates, 1832 D/HH 10/18/655 Photograph of toll board, n.d. D/Ph 281 STANHOPE AND SHOTLEY Stanhope - Edmondbyers – Greenhead (Carterway Heads) [B6278] Acts: 1815, 1853, 1873 STOCKTON AND BARNARD CASTLE Stockton - Darlington - Barnard Castle [A67] Acts: 1747, 1749, 1753, 1805, 1825, 1863, 1864, 1873 Mortgages, 1747-1827 D/DL 4 Complaint against trustees, 1748 Q/S/OB 10 (pp.114-115) Appointment of trustee, 1757 D/Lo/F 304 Appointment of surveyor, 1822 D/HH 10/18/653 List of trustees, [1822] D/HH 2/16/201 Balance sheets, 1822/1824/1829 D/DL 4 Notices of meeting of trustees, 1825 D/X 107/5/1-2 Sale of tollhouse sites, 1873 Q/D/B 1 (pp.429-430,433-434) SUNDERLAND AND DURHAM Sunderland - Durham [A690] Acts: 1747, 1768, 1789, 1811, 1831, 1867 Bill and Act, 1746/1747 D/St/X 2/3 WEARMOUTH BRIDGE AND TYNE BRIDGE Wearmouth Bridge (Sunderland) - Tyne Bridge (Gateshead) [A1018, A184] Acts: 1796, 1818, 1839, 1870 Sale of tollhouse sites, 1870-1871 Q/D/B 1 (pp.394-400,402-403) WEST AUCKLAND or CORBRIDGE West Auckland – Elishaw (Ovingham) [A68] Acts: 1792, 1813, 1833, 1869 Letter relating to road, 1789 D/Lo/F 823 HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide06Turnpikes.docx/14-Jul-20/14:27 page 4 .