There is information about turnpikes and other roads for parts of Somerset in the Victoria County History books, of which Volumes 6, 7, and 8 are available online at: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?gid=29 The information will be in the first section for each parish, or in a separate "Communications" section near the beginning of each parish. If you search the Somerset Archives and Record Service online catalogue directly at: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ there are 649 entries if you search just for "turnpike"! If you want to add the name of a place to narrow your search, make sure that you set the "Combine words in fields" option (at the bottom of the page) to "And". Also, if you look at the "Brief Somerset History" section (link from the left-hand menu), there is a section on roads with a link to a separate section on turnpikes, including an 1821-29 map for Somerset. Celia

----- Original Message ----- From: "Celia Mycock" <celiam@supanet.com> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] Somereset turnpikes > There is information about turnpikes and other roads for parts of Somerset > in the Victoria County History books, of which Volumes 6, 7, and 8 are > available online at: > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?gid=29 > The information will be in the first section for each parish, or in a > separate "Communications" section near the beginning of each parish. > > If you search the Somerset Archives and Record Service online catalogue > directly at: > http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ there are 649 entries if you search > just for "turnpike"! If you want to add the name of a place to narrow your > search, make sure that you set the "Combine words in fields" option (at the > bottom of the page) to "And". > > Also, if you look at the "Brief Somerset History" section (link from the > left-hand menu), there is a section on roads with a link to a separate > section on turnpikes, including an 1821-29 map for Somerset. > Celia Thankyou-I'll look at all these suggestions Beryl > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > We encourage family history connected with Wessex ie names,places,history, - but please DO NOT post any website of a commercial nature as this is against Rootswebs AUP policy > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: 23/09/05 > >