The Turnpike Road System in England 1663-1840

Abstract

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.