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Record Details

MonUID:MST22379
HER Number:58513
Type of record:Monument
Name:Sandon, Hugbridge, Hilderstone and Draycott-in-the-Moors Turnpike Road

Summary

A probable late 18th or early 19th century turnpike road which linked the towns of Sandon, Hugbridge, Hilderstone and Draycott-in-the-Moors.

Grid Reference:SJ 9584 4670
Map Sheet:SJ94NE
Parish:Werrington, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Rushton, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Stone Rural, Stafford Borough
Sandon and Burston, Stafford Borough
Caverswall, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Cheddleton, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Draycott in the Clay, East Staffordshire Borough
Fulford, Stafford Borough
Heaton, Staffordshire Moorlands District
Hilderstone, Stafford Borough
Horton, Staffordshire Moorlands District
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Monument Type(s):

  • TOLL ROAD (Established, Georgian to Victorian - 1765 AD? to 1864 AD?)

Full description

A toll road running for a distance of 28. 4 miles (though actually stated in records as 27. 4 miles). The route linked the towns and villages of Sandon, Hilderstone, Leek, Rushton Spencer and Draycott-in-the-Moors and had seven main gates and two side gates. Part of the route along the A52 (from Leek to just south of Rushton) is shared with the Ashbourne to Leek and Congleton turnpike road (PRN 58460). (RH, 4th May 2016) <1>

Sources and further reading

<1>SST433 - Other Report: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2008. Sylloge of Mile Markers in Staffordshire. 3.33.

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