Oakham Turnpike road

Oakham turnpike
The Oakham turnpike from Scotgate, Stamford through Oakham to the Cross Guns Inn at Greetham, connecting to the Great North Road at both ends, was first authorised by Act of Parliament in 1794.  In 1830 this turnpike was still being surveyed and railways were just about to burst upon the scene, leading to the closure of the Stamford/Oakham/Greetham turnpike trust in 1871.

 

“OAKHAM TURNPIKE-ROAD.

Notice is hereby given,

That a SPECIAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES appointed for carrying into execution an Act of Parliament passed in the 35th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “An Act for repairing, altering, and improving the road leading from the Great North Road in the town of Stamford, and county of Lincoln, through the town of Oakham, to the Great North Road aforesaid at or near a house called the Cross Guns, in the parish of Greetham, in the county of Rutland ;” and also a certain  other Act of Parliament made and passed in the 57th year of the reign of his said late Majesty, for continuing and amending the first-mentioned Act, will be holden at the CROWN INN at OAKHAM aforesaid, on SATURDAY the 15th MAY next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to take into consideration the propriety of altering the present Surveyor’s Salary, or of appointing a fresh Surveyor in his stead, and to proceed to such appointment if it shall be so determined, and for such other purposes relating thereto as may then be deemed necessary.–By order,

Wm. ADES, Clerk to the said Trustees.

Oakham, April, 1830

N.B. All persons wishing for the above office must send in their names and addresses, with references as to character and qualification, to the Clerk to the Trustees.”

Stamford Mercury, 23rd April 1830.