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Highways, Surrey And Sussex Act 1696
Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road toll road, tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. At the peak, in the 1830s, over 1,000 trusts administered around of turnpike road in England and Wales, taking tolls at almost 8,000 toll-gates and side-bars. During the early 19th century the concept of the turnpike trust was adopted and adapted to manage roads within the British Empire (Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa) and in the United States. Turnpikes declined with the Railway mania, coming of the railways and then the Local Government Act 1888 gave responsibility for maintaining main roads to county councils and county borough councils. Etymology The term "turnpike" originates from the similarity of the gate used to control access to the road, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyde Park Turnpike Toll Gate
Hyde or Hydes may refer to: People *Hyde (surname) *Hyde (musician), Japanese musician from the bands L'Arc-en-Ciel and VAMPS American statutes *Hyde Amendment, an amendment that places well-defined limitations on Medicare spending on abortion *Hyde Amendment (1997), a federal statute that allows federal courts to award attorneys' fees and court costs to criminal defendants in some situations Fictional characters *Mr. Edward Hyde, character in ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson *Mister Hyde (comics), Marvel Comics supervillain * Steven Hyde, a character in the U.S. TV series ''That 70s Show'' *Hyde, character in ''Tensou Sentai Goseiger'' *Hyde, character in ''Beyblade Burst Turbo'' Places England *Hyde, Greater Manchester, a town in Tameside, North West England *Hyde, Bedfordshire, a parish near Luton (including East Hyde, West Hyde, and The Hyde) *Hyde, a shrunken village in Gloucestershire, in the township of Pinnock and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
