Within the Historic county of Berkshire , many Turnpike Trusts maintained the roads. Below is an approximate list of those identified so far:
Abingdon and Fyfield Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1755 B4017 , UC Faringdon Road, Abindon Road Abingdon Fyfield
Abingdon, Wootton to Swinford Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1768 B4017 , B4044 Wootton Road, Cumnor Road, Oxford Road Abingdon Swinford Abandoned early
Besselsleigh Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1771 A338 Oxford Road, Manor Road, Wantage Road, Hungerford Hill, Eddington Hill Besselsleigh Hungerford Tollgates at Noah's Ark Gate, Grove Street Gate, Newbury Street Gate, Chaddleworth Gate (replaced by Letcombe Gate in 1858) and Eddington Hill Gate
Chilton Pond and Abingdon Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1755 UC, B4017 , A4130 , A4185 Ock Street, Drayton Road, Abingdon Road, Newbury Road Abingdon Chilton Pond
Forest Road (not a TP) Alternative to the Windsor Forest Turnpike, branching from the turnpike near Loddon Bridge passing through Windsor Great Park and running down Tite Hill onto the Salisbury Road at Egham. Probably funded by subscription, so not turnpiked.
Fyfield, Newbridge and St John's Bridge Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1732 A420 , A417 Faringdon Road, Lechlade Road Fyfield Lechlade 1738 A415 Witney Road Kingston Bagpuize Newbridge
Harwell and Streatley Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1803 A417 Reading Road, London Road, Blewbury Hill, Shortlands Hill, Wantage Road Harwell Streatley Tollgates at Scotland's Ash Gate, Aston Gate and Streatley Gate
Hinksey Road Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1755 A4144 , UC, A4183 Abingdon Road, Old Abingdon Road, Hinksey Hill, Oxford Road, Vineyard Folly Bridge Oxford Abingdon Turnpike Cottage at Sugworth Lane may probably not a Toll House 1755 UC Foxcombe Road, Fox Lane Hinksey Hill Frilford Heath Abandoned about 1777
Hurley Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1826 A4130 Henley Road Maidenhead Thicket Henley Bridge formerly part of Maidenhead Turnpike Trust
Leckford or Sousley Water Turnpike Trust Probably not completed
Maidenhead Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1717 UC, A4 , A3032 , A4 Bridge Road, Castle Hill, Bath Road, London Road, Old Bath Road, Bath Road Maidenhead Bridge Sonning Lane End 1717 A4130 Henley Road Maidenhead Thicket Henley Bridge 1735 A4 Bath Road, London Road, Bridge Street Sonning Lane End Reading
Maidenhead to Cookham Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1779 A4094 Ray Mead Road, Lower Cookham Road, Sutton Road Maidenhead Cookham Division of Maidenhead Turnpike Trust
New Windsor and Twyford Turnpike Trust The Windsor New Road Bill was passed in 1832, but it is unclear whether it was implemented
New Windsor to Datchet Turnpike Trust Act passed in 1801, but may not have been implemented
Reading and Basingstoke Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1717 A327 , B3031 , A33 , B3349 Basingstoke Road Reading Basingstoke
Shillingford and Reading Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1764 UC, A329 Wallingford Road, Shillingford Road, Reading Road, Wallingford Road, Shooters Hill, Purley Rise, Oxford Road Shillingford Reading Tollgates at Shillingford Bridge Gate, Winterbrook Gate and Pangbourne Lane Gate
Speenhamland to Marlborough Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 UC, A4 London Road, Oxford Street, Old Bath Road, Bath Road, London Road Newbury Marlborough
Speenhamland to Reading Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1713 UC, A4 Castle Street, Castle Hill, Bath Road Reading Puntfield (The Spring Inn, Sulhamstead) 1729 A4 Bath Road Puntfield Speenhamland (Newbury) 1729 A340 Basingstoke Road Bath Road Aldermaston Bridge 1729 UC Burghfield Road Bath Road Burghfield Hatch 1771 B4009 Shaw Road, Long Lane Speenhamland Longlane 1771 A340 Tidmarsh Road Bath Road Pangbourne 1771 UC Froudes Lane Bath Road Basingstoke Road
Theale Road Turnpike Trust Possibly alternative name for Twyford and Theale Turnpike Trust
Twyford Turnpike Trust Possibly alternative name for Twyford and Theale Turnpike Trust
Twyford and Theale Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1826 A4 Bath Road Maidenhead Thicket Puntfield (The Spring Inn, Sulhamstead) formerly part of Maidenhead Turnpike Trust 1826 A340 Tidmarsh Road Bath Road Pangbourne formerly part of Speenhamland and Reading Turnpike Trust
Wallingford, Wantage and Faringdon Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1751 A4130 , B4493 Wantage Road, Broadway, Didcot Road, Wantage Road, Reading Road, Faringdon Road, Stanford Road Wallingford Faringdon 1751 B4507 Ickleton Road Wantage Odstone, Shrivenham Abandoned 1753 1764 A4130 The Street, Oakley Wood Wallingford Nuffield Common realigned in 1828 to meet Henley Turnpike at bottom of Gangsdown Hill
Windsor Forest Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1759 UC, A329 , UC, B3408 , A329 Reading Road Woodley, Loddon Bridge Road, Reading Road, London Road, Wokingham Road, London Road, High Street Ascot, London Road, Blacknest Road Bath Road Sonning Virginia Water
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