Information for record number MWA4771:
Turnpike Road from Ryton Bridge towards Braunston

Summary A toll road, whose upkeep was paid for by the extraction of a toll from travellers. It was established as a toll road during the Post Medieval period and continued to be used during the Imperial period. The road ran from Ryton Bridge towards Braunston.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll Road
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Dunchurch
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 46 71
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 This was part of the first route in Warwickshire to be turnpiked. The section from Stony Stratford to Dunchurch was turnpiked under an Act of 1706-7 and that from Dunchurch to Meriden in 1723-4.
2 The route includes parts of roads controlled under two trusts. The first covered the Old Stratford to Dunchurch turnpike, which was the earliest turnpike in the county, its first Act being passed in 1706-7; further Acts continued to be passed until 1875. The second covered the Dunchurch to Meriden and Stonebridge road, the first Act for which was passed in 1723-4. Both sections of the route were improved in the first half of the 19th century as part of the Holyhead road schemes. Until the early 20th century Stone paving and setts survived on the Dunchurch to Old Stratford section.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: TBAS vol 64
Author/originator: Cossons A
Date: 1941-42
Page Number: 53-100
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: A426 Rugby Western Bypass Stage 2 Survey
Author/originator: Warwickshire Museum
Date: 1996
Page Number: 27
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument TOLL ROAD * A road whose upkeep and repair was financed by the exaction of a toll. back

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