Dissatisfaction with the turnpike trusts peaked in 1839, when groups of farmers disguised in women's clothes ripped down toll gates in what came to be known as the Rebecca Riots.

Mention the words Turnpike Trusts or the Rebecca Riots and most people immediately think of agrarian distress in the middle years of the 19th century. It's hard to believe but ...

The UK's most expensive toll roads have been revealed. Toll roads have been active in Britain for at least 300 years, with the first turnpike trust established by Parliament in 1706.

The UK's most expensive toll roads have been revealed. Toll roads have been active in Britain for at least 300 years, with the first turnpike trust established by Parliament in 1706.

Drivers who use UK toll roads warned they face £9.70 charge ... "The number of toll roads has fallen drastically since the 19th-century days of ‘turnpike trusts’.

Though new to the motorway network, tolls were once the dominant method of funding the construction and upkeep of Britain's roads. For more than 250 years until the end of the nineteenth century ...

A RARE roadside reminder of the region’s turnpike era has been given a new lease of life. The Punchard Gill toll house was used to collect tolls from traffic using the Reeth to Tan Hill road, in ...

A look back at the much-hated toll system which sparked rioting in Wales, 120 years after the last one was closed on Anglesey.

Dissatisfaction with the turnpike trusts peaked in 1839, when groups of farmers disguised in women's clothes ripped down toll gates in what came to be known as the Rebecca Riots.