Within the Historic county of Gloucestershire , many Turnpike Trusts maintained the roads. Below is an approximate list of those identified so far:
Berkeley, Dursley Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 B4066 , A38 , B4066 Canonbury Street, Bristol Road, Berkeley Road, Tait's Hill, Dursley Road, Uley Road, Crawley Hill Berkeley Uley
Berkeley, Dursley, Wotton Under Edge, Frocester and Caincross Turnpike Trust Separated into four divisions:
Berkeley and Dursley
Wotton-under-Edge
Frocester
Cainscross
Bibury or Dancy's Fancy Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1753 B4425 Burford Road Cirencester Burford Tollgates at Arlington and Barrington Downs
Bristol Turnpike Trust The Bristol Turnpike Trust was one of the most extensive in England, covering 172 miles of road around Bristol, including the current A4 and A38
Broadway to Mickleton Turnpike Trust See "Mickleton and Broadway and Chipping Campden Turnpike Trust" under "Worcestershire Turnpikes"
Burford to Preston Turnpike Trust Alternative name for Bibury or Dancy's Fancy Turnpike Trust
Cainscross Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 A419 Ebley Road, Bristol Road Cainscross Eastington Tollgates at Cainscross, Ryeford, Pike Lock & Claypits. Extant MS at Cainscross, Ryeford, Stonehouse, Newtown, Eastington & Claypits (A38). With an MS in Westend (branch to Whitminster) 1725 B4008 Gloucester Road Stonehouse Hardwicke Toll Gates at Little Haresfield & Stonehouse. Extant MS in Stonehouse & Haresfield
Campden and Clifford Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1818 B4081 , B4632 Campden Road, Stratford Road Chipping Campden Clifford Chambers Tollgates at Mickleton, Lower Quinton, Clifford Sjde Gate
Chapel-on-the-Heath and Bourton-on-the-Hill Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1731 A44 London Road, Worcester Road, Bourton Road Chipping Norton Bourton-on-the-Hill Tollgates at Chipping Norton, Moreton-in-Marsh and Bourton-on-the-Hill
Cheltenham Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1785 A4019 , A435 Tewksbury Road, Cirencester Road Boddington, Cheltenham Elkstone 1785 A40 London Road Cheltenham Frogmill 1785 UC Leckhampton Road, Leckhampton Hill Cheltenham Birdlip Toll Gates at Sandford & Birdlip
Cheltenham and Gloucester Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1809 A40 , B4063 Lansdown Road, Gloucester Road Cheltenham Staverton Bridge
Cheltenham and Painswick Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1820 A46 Shurdington Road, Painswick Road Cheltenham Painswick
Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1756 B4063 London Road, Cheltenham Road Gloucester Cheltenham Tollgate at Wotton 1756 A38 Tewkesbury Road Gloucester Norton Tollgate at Kingsholm
Chipping Campden Turnpike Trust See "Broad Campden Hill to Halford Bridge Turnpike Trust" in "Warwickshire Turnpikes"
Cirencester Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1726 A417 London Road Cirencester St John's Bridge, Lechlade London Road District 1825 A435 Cirencester Road Cirencester Cheltenham Cheltenham District
Cirencester and Bath Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1742 A429 , A433 , A46 Tetbury Road, Haresdown Hill, Cirencester Road, Bath Road, Stroud Road Cirencester Bath
Cirencester and Wootton Bassett Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1810 B4696 Ashton Road, Braydon Road Cirencester Wootton Bassett Tollgates at Siddington, Ashton Keynes, The Leigh, Duchy Ragg, and The Folly 1810 UC Flisteridge Road, Hornbury Hill, The Common Crudwell Minety Common Tollgates at Eastcourt and Minety
Cirencester to Birdlip Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1746 A417 Gloucester Road Cirencester Birdlip Turnpike at Beech Pike
Cirencester to Stroud Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1751 A419 Stroud Road, Cirencester Road Cirencester Stroud Old road through Rodborough
Cirencester to Tetbury Turnpike Trust See Cirencester to Bath Turnpike Trust
Cleeve and Evesham Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1810 A435 Evesham Road, Cheltenham Road Cheltenham Bishop's Cleeve Tollgate at Square Ditch
Coldharbour Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1757 A4135 Charlton Road Tetbury Symonds Hall Down 1757 UC Bath Road Top of Frocester Hill Latterwood 1757 UC Bowldown Road Bowldown Sleight Tiltups Inn 1757 UC Howells Down Lampern Hill 1757 B4058 Nailsworth Latterwood Owlpen Down Old Bristol Rd made after 1821 bypassing Toll House cnr Pike Lane/Horsley Rd. New Toll House SW. Extant MS in Horsley, TH Latterwood Corner
Crickley Hill to Frogg Mill Turnpike Trust Gloucestershire Division of Crickley Hill to Campsfield Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1750 A436 , A40 Crickley Hill Little Barrington Tollgates at New Barn, Puesdown, and Cubberley
Elton Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 A48 , A4151 Westbury-on-Severn Littledean District of the Huntley and Mitcheldean Trust
Forest of Dean Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
before 1823 various various various various Tollgates: Stenders, Woodside Gate Cinderford, George Lane (extant) & Park End Toll Bar
Foss and Cross (Stow on the Wold) Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1755 A429 Fosse Way Paddle Brook Stow-on-the-Wold Tollgate at Moreton-in-Marsh 1755 A429 Fosse Way Stow-on-the-Wold Cirencester Tollgates at Lower Slaughter and Fossebridge 1755 A436 Sheep Street, Park Street, Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold Cross Hands, Chipping Norton Tollgate at Adlestrop 1755 B4068 , A436 Stow-on-the-Wold Andoversford Tollgates at Lower Swell and Hawling Gate
Frocester Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 UC Frocester Hill, Bath Road, Perry Way, Bridge Road, Arlingham Road, Passage Road Frocester Hill Arlingham (extant) TH in Frocester. MS in Alkerton, Frocester, Clapits, Perry Way then Frampton to Arlingham
Haw Bridge and Roads Turnpike Trust The bridge was opened in 1825 and the approach road through Tirley was straightened and raised on an embankment over the low-lying land. Toll-houses were built at the east end of the bridge and at Elm Pool in Tirley. In 1826, however, the Mythe Bridge by Tewkesbury was built and attracted much traffic; the more ambitious plans for improving the roads leading to Haw Bridge were abandoned.
Huntley and Mitcheldean Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 A40 Highnam Lea District of the Gloucester and Hereford Trust 1725 A4136 Huntley Mitcheldean District of the Gloucester and Hereford Trust
Kingsholm Turnpike Trust See Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Turnpike Trust
Kingswood Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1827 B4060 Wotton Road, Wickwar Road Wotton-under-Edge Wickwar 1827 UC Kingswood Hillesley
Lightpill and Birdlip Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1800 A46 , B4070 Bath Road, Slad Road Stroud Birdlip Tollgates at The Anchor, Badbrook, Foston's Ash, and the two Toll Bars at Bunnage Field
Maisemore Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 A417 , B4211 Gloucester Tirley District of the Gloucester and Hereford Trust 1725 A417 Corse Staunton District of the Gloucester and Hereford Trust
Malmesbury Turnpike Trust See Wiltshire Turnpikes
Marshfield Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1726 A420 Marshfield Road, Bristol Road Chippenham Togg Hill Tollgates at Allington Gate, Ford Gate, Marshfield East Gate, and Marshfield West Gate
Minchinhampton, Tetbury and Bisley Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1757 B4014 Tetbury Hill, Hampton Hill, Chalford Road, Old Neighbourhood Tetbury Bisley
Nailsworth, Woodchester and Dudbridge Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1780 A46 Stroud Road, Bath Road, Dudbridge Road Nailsworth Dudridge Tollgates at Lightpill Gate, Spout Gate, Inchbrook Gate, Tiltup's End Gate, Bell's Green Gate, Nailsworth Gate, Stanley Gate, and Culver Hill Gate 1780 B4014 Avening Road Nailsworth Avening Tollgates at Hazlewood Gate and Avening Gate 1780 UC Longfords Weighbridge Inn, Nailsworth Minchinhampton Toll Gates: Well Hill replaced by Balls Green. Extant MS SW of Balls Green
Newent Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1802 B4221 Ross Road Newent Upton Bishop 1802 B4222 Kilcott Cross Lea Lane 1802 UC Aston Ingham Upton Bishop
Newnham to Little Dean Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1783 UC Dean Road, Pleasant Stile, Silver Street Newnham Littledean Lapsed in 1826
Northgate Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1722 A38 London Road, Barnwood Road, Hucclecote Road, Ermin Street, Cirencester Road, Ermin Way, Birdlip Hill Gloucester Northgate Top of Birdlip Hill 1722 A417 Cirencester Road, Dog Lane, Crickley Hill Little Witcombe Top of Crickley Hill
Over Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1769 B4215 Gloucester Street, Newent Over Newent District of the Gloucester and Hereford Trust 1769 A417 , A40 , A48 Over Causeway, A40, A48 Gloucester Westbury-on-Severn District of the Gloucester and Hereford Trust
Painswick Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1778 A4301 , B4072 , A4173 , A46 Stroud Road, Painswick Road Gloucester Stroud extant Toll House at junction of Pullens Rd & Gloucester Rd, Painswick
Pucklechurch Turnpike Trust Note. Wiltshire County Records hold documents for the "Pucklechurch and Christian Malford Turnpike Trust" dated 1787 - 1874.
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1756 B4465 , UCShortwood Road, Feltham Road Pucklechurch Nettleton Tollgates at Pucklechurch, Dyrham, Hinton, Tormarton, Nettleton, and West Kington
Redbrook to St Arvans Turnpike Trust See Bigswear Turnpike Trust under Monmouthshire Turnpikes
Sodbury Division Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1751 A432 , B4040 , B4039 , A420 Yate Chippenham 1751 B4060 Wickwar Road Chipping Sodbury Wickwar extant Toll House at Wickwar & lost one at Chipping Sodbury.
Southgate Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1751 A38 Bristol Road Gloucester Whitminster / Claypits Toll Gates at Whitminster, Hardwick Green & High Orchard. Extant MS at Moreton Valence, Hardwicke & Quedgeley
Stroud and Bisley Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1823 Bisley Road Stroud Bisley
Stroud and Chalford Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1814 A419 London Road, Cowcombe Hill Stroud Sapperton (A419) from White Horse Inn (SO921180 ) with one extant MS in layby at Aston Down. Toll Gates at Bowbridge, Bourne Mill, St Mary's, Cowcombe & Sapperton
Stroud and Gloucester (thru Pitchcombe) Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1818 A4173 Painswick Road, Stroud Road Stroud Gloucester Tollgates at Salmon's Tollgate, Spa Tollgate, Pitchcombe Upper Horsepools Toll Bar and Pitchcombe Lower Horsepools Toll Bar
Stroud to Sapperton Turnpike Trust Alternative name for Stroud and Chalford Turnpike Trust
Stroud, Caincross and Minchinhampton Turnpike Trust Stump Cross Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1792 B4027 Tewkesbury Road Stow-on-the-Wold Toddington Tollgates at Upper Swell and Stump Cross
Tewkesbury Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1756 A438 , A46 , B4077 Barton Rd, Ashchurch Rd, Stow Rd Tewkesbury Coscomb Gate 1756 B4079 , A435 Aston Cross Gotherington 1756 A38 Mythe Rd Tewkesbury Ripple 1756 B4080 Moreton Lane, Pershore Rd Bredon Eckington Bridge 1756 A38 Gloucester Rd Tewkesbury Norton
Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1823 A438 Mythe Bridge, Ledbury Road, Tewkesbury Road Tewkesbury Castlemorton Tollgates at Bridge Gates, Oxeye Gate, Long Green Gate, and Holly Bush Gate
Winchcombe Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1792 UC Chalk Hill Road, Campden Lane, Sudeley Hill, Castle Street, Gretton Road Lower Swell, Stow-on-the-Wold Alderton, Tewkesbury Tollgates at Sudeley Gate, Duck Street Gate, North Street Gate, and Gretton Gate 1792 B4632 , B4078 Prestbury Road, Cheltenham Road, North Street, Evesham Road Cheltenham Sedgberrow Tollgates at Bouncer's Lane Gate, Longmead Gate, Southam Gate, Coates Gate, Langley Gate, and Sedgberrow Gate 1792 B4632 Broadway Road Winchcombe Toddington Tollgate at Footbridge Gate
Wootton Under Edge Turnpike Trust
Date Current Number Road Name(s) From To Notes
1725 B4058 & B4060 New Road, Wotton Road, Old Rectory Road & Wickwar Raod Wotton under Edge Wickwar Tollgates at White Horse Gate & Kingswood. No evidence of MS 1725 B4058 , UCCoombe Road, School Road, Wortley Road, Alderley Road, High Street, France Lane Symonds Hall Hawkesbury Upton Tollgates at Rushmire Gate, Dick Hill Gate and Wortley Gate & Dunkirk (A46). Extant MS at Coombe Hill, Wortley, Alderley & Hawksbury Upton 1725 B4058 New Road, Wotton Road, Bristol Road, Bagstone Road Wotton-under-Edge Iron Acton Tollgates at Bagstone Gate, Watsom Gate, and Bushford's Bridge Gate 1725 B4058 & B4059 Wotton Road, The Downs Wotton-under-Edge Wickwar Diverges from Bagstone route (B4058) at Hammerley Down. Extant MS Chipping Sodbury 5 opposite quarry
