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Monument record MDR6866 - Mortimer Toll Road, Derwent section, Derwent

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Toll road, establishced by Geo III, c 76 (1771), from Grindleford to Penistone. Construction started c. 1775. The main trustee was Hans Winthrop Mortimer (d. 1807). Other trustees included Lord Melbourne and the Cavendish family. The Act of 1792 (33 Geo III ch. 184) renewed the turnpike, but was not renewed in 1813 following its financial collapse. Construction work was completed by the Fairbank family. To the south of the viaduct over Ladybower Brook, the turnpike is overlain by the A6013. (1-3) Grid ref: SK 206864 - 223885

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Smith, H. 1993. Mortimer Road: The Turnpike that Failed..
  • <2> Article in serial: Radley, J & Penny, S. 1972. 'The turnpike roads of the Peak District', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 92, pp 93-109. p. 96. 98.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Bevan, B (PDNPA). 1996. Yorkshire Bridge to Ashopton, Hope Woodlands, Bamford and Derwent, Derbyshire, archaeological survey, 1996.

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Location

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Civil Parish DERWENT, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR4012

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Record last edited

Jul 10 2015 9:41AM

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