The Turnpike Road System in England : 1663–1840 (Paperback)

List of maps; List of charts; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The transport system in the late seventeenth century; 2. The origins of the turnpike trust; 3. The development of the turnpike system; 4. Trust administration; 5. The financing of the turnpike system; 6. The rate of interest and the turnpike trusts; 7. Trust road repair; 8. Movements in the cost of road transport; Summary and conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.