Information for record number MWA4784:
Turnpike road from Stratford to Long Compton Hill

Summary A toll road which ran from Stratford to Long Compton Hill. It was built during the Post Medieval period and continued in use into the Imperial period.
What Is It?  
Type: Toll Road
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Burmington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 42
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A turnpike road constructed between 1729-50. The first Act was 1729.
2 The Act for repairing the road leading from a Gate called Shipston Toll Gate, at Bridge Town, in the Parish of Old Stratford, in the County of Warwick, through Alderminster and Shipston upon Stower to the top of Long Compton Hill in the said County” was indeed discussed in 1729 and the Act was printed in 1730. There were subsequent Acts in 1818 and 1825. The latter was “An Act for repairing the road from Old Stratford to Long Compton Hill and for making a new road from the Village of Long Compton into the Turnpike road leading from Long Compton to Woodstock joining at Chapel House.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
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: 2
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Information from Mr L. Thompson
Author/originator: L. Thompson
Date: 2006
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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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. 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
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TOLL GATE * A gate on a toll road where travellers had to pay a toll to the toll-keeper. back
monument GATE * A movable stucture which enables or prevents entrance to be gained. Usually situated in a wall or similar barrier and supported by gate posts. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back

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