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  • Turnpike trusts were bodies consisting principally of local gentry, which had been enstrusted by Act of Parliament with control of the roads in a defined area for a period of (generally) 21 years. To meet their expenses they were permitted to collect tolls from all passing vehicles at gates erected at suitable intervals. They could also employ surveyors to undertake improvements to the roads. The first Caernarvonshire Turnpike Act was passed in 1769. The following images show selected pages from the General Account and Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the 'Carnarvonshire Old Turnpike Trust' for the year 1841. Source: A. H. Dodd, 'A History of Caernarvonshire 1284-1900' (1968), pp. 212-3.
General Account and Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the Carnarvonshire Old Turnpike Trust, 1841 [front cover, image 1 of 17]
  • Turnpike trusts were bodies consisting principally of local gentry, which had been enstrusted by Act of Parliament with control of the roads in a defined area for a period of (generally) 21 years. To meet their expenses they were permitted to collect tolls from all passing vehicles at gates erected at suitable intervals. They could also employ surveyors to undertake improvements to the roads. The first Caernarvonshire Turnpike Act was passed in 1769. This image shows the General Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the Porthdinllaen and Nanthwynant Turnpike Trust for the year 1852. Source: A. H. Dodd, 'A History of Caernarvonshire 1284-1900' (1968), pp. 212-3.
General Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the Porthdinllaen and Nanthwynant Turnpike Trust, 1852
  • On 30 August 1872, at the Justice Room, Corwen, John Day was convicted of cutting up and depositing the body of a camel in an exposed situation near the turnpike road between Corwen and Bala, in the parish of Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion. He was ordered to pay a fine of five shillings and one pound nineteen shillings costs, and was imprisoned at Dolgellau gaol for fourteen days with hard labour.
Order of Conviction of J. Day, for cutting up and depositing the body of a camel in the county of Merioneth, 30 August 1872
  • A report of a committee appointed 23 June 1843 to investigate the accounts of the Carmarthen and Newcastle-Emlyn Turnpike trust.
Report of the Carmarthen and Newcastle-Emlyn Turnpike Trust, 11 August 1843 [page 1 of 4]
  • This memorandum was sent by J. J. Stacey to William Chambers. The memorandum states as follows: 'The Trustees of the Kidwelly District of Turnpike Roads, with a view to remove, if possible, the complaints which have been made as to the number of Toll Bars on this Trust, have ordered most of them, together with one Toll Gate, to be discontinued. They have it in contemplation to reduce or to abolish the Toll on Lime carried for Manure; and that on Culm used for burning lime, as they may deem most expedient.'
Memorandum from the Trustees of the Kidwelly District of Turnpike Roads, 29 September 1843 [page 1 of 2]
  • A cicular from the Secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners to William Chambers, 27 February 1845. Description by Evan D. Jones: 'The Public Works Commissoners have appointed 15 March 1845 for the payment of sums of money fixed by the Award of the South Wales Turnpike Trusts Commissioners in respect of the Kidwelly (Loughor Bridge) Trust No 53. £150 with interest of 18s would be paid to the recipient.' Source: Evan D. Jones, 'A File of
Letter from the Public Works Loan Commissioners to William Chambers, 27 February 1845 [page 1 of 2]