Turnpike Roads : Newspaper Articles : 1796 - 1988

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Turnpike Roads : Newspaper Articles : 1796 - 1988

Description

Newspaper articles relating to Turnpike Roads :
1. Typed account from Manchester Guardian May 4th 1821 giving information on pages which were announcing sale by auction of the tolls at various local places on the Glossop to Marple Bridge road and the Chapel en le Frith to Enterclough Bridge road.
2. Photocopy from Ashton & High Peak Reporter November 23rd 1929 p4 c2-4. "The Peak Turnpike Roads" Centenary of Daily Post to Marple, New Mills and Hayfield giving history and development.
3. Page 22 from Stockport Heritage Magazine from 1988 with small article entitled "Marple Bridge's Turnpike to Nowhere"
4. Articles re Turnpike Trustee meetings concerning an intended new turnpike between Marple Bridge and Stockport with a branch from Marple Bridge to Thornsett Gate (1796 - 1812)
5. Articles re toll collections from the Manchester Mercury (1804 - 1813)
6. Condition and route of Turnpike (1825 - 1836)
7. Various newspaper extracts on turnpike roads from the Stockport Advertiser (1851 - 1882).

Date

Reviewed AB 08/2022

Identifier

RHI/01/03
Louiset

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Citation

“Turnpike Roads : Newspaper Articles : 1796 - 1988,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed April 20, 2024, https://marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/archives/items/show/1568.

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