The Turnpike Road System in England
1663–1840
- Author: William Albert
- Date Published: February 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521033916
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This book deals with the development and administration of turnpike trusts in England from the creation of the first turnpike authority in 1663 to the coming of the the railways in 1840. It is concerned specifically with assessing the economic importance of the trusts before and during the Industrial Revolution. The author begins by analysing the importance of the roads in relation to the entire transport network in the seventeenth century and then examines the legislative development of the trust device and spread of the turnpike trusts throughout the country. The financing of the trusts and the way in which they were managed are considered and the relative success of the turnpikes are assessed by looking at the movement in the costs of land transport. The study is based on parliamentary records and on original trust documents, studied on a country-wide basis. By examining this material Dr Albert is able to provide a detailed and comprehensive history of English turnpike trusts which will supersede in many respects the standard accounts of the subject written in the early 1900s.
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- Date Published: February 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521033916
- length: 316 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.471kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of maps
List of charts
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The transport system in the late seventeenth century
2. The origins of the turnpike trust
3. The development of the turnpike system
4. Trust administration
5. The financing of the turnpike system
6. The rate of interest and the turnpike trusts
7. Trust road repair
8. Movements in the cost of road transport
Summary and conclusions
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.
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