Hatfield and Reading Turnpike

Route of the Hatfield and Reading Turnpike on a modern map of the area.
A cast iron milepost in St Stephen's Hill, St Albans placed by the Hatfield and Reading Turnpike Trust about 1820 [1]

The Hatfield and Reading Turnpike , nicknamed the Gout Track, was an English turnpike road created in the 1760s to provide a route that connected the Great North Road (the modern A1) with the Holyhead Road (A5) and the Bath Road (A4). It had the advantage that it made it possible for travelers to avoid congested London and was shorter in distance. In 1881 it was one of the last of the turnpikes to have its tolls removed.[2]

  1. ^ Johnson, William Branch (26 March 1970). The industrial archaeology of Hertfordshire. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-4775-1.
  2. ^ Neighbour, M. (7 May 2014). "Welcome to the Turnpike". Smallford. Retrieved 15 December 2019.