the maintenance on the road to individual parishes over the last 30 years. Some of the milestones on the road had been replaced with metal ones that stated the parish name and displayed the name of the "Lancaster and Richmond Road". The eastern end of the turnpike; that which ran through Ribblesdale, Wensleydale and Swaledale, was operated by the trust until 1868, when it was closed by an Act of Parliament. Responsibility for the turnpikes thereafter was down to the District Highway Boards. The Highways and Locomotives Act of 1878 abolished the turnpike trusts completely. Route Even though it was called the Richmond to Lancaster Turnpike, the road started at Brompton-on-Swale (with a tollhouse), some to the east of Richmond on what is now the A6055 road. This was the original course of the Great North Road (Dere Street) before the various bypasses were built, which allowed traffic to access Richmond from the Great North Road. The road then took the same course as the present B6271 along the north bank of the River Swale into Richmond, which at its western end is called Maison Dieu. The road then curved down Frenchgate into the Market Place in Richmond. Frenchgate, originally Franchegate, was the only approach into town from the north and east, but by 1802, was completely unsuitable for wheeled traffic, so another road was cut that ran parallel to Frenchgate and approached the Market Place via what is now King Street. The road at the opposite end of the market place, New Road was cut in the 1750s to allow the passage of traffic onto Bridge Street and ultimately, across Green Bridge. The route went in a south westerly direction over the moor avoiding Leyburn and going just past Bellerby and on to Carperby and eventually, Askrigg. In 1774, Fothergill and his local assistant had the road widened here, when it was found to be less than the stipulated in width. The road then went due south across the River Ure into Bainbridge via the grade II listed Yore Bridge. This, like Green Bridge in Richmond, was designed by the York architect, John Carr. From Bainbridge, the turnpike used a Roman Road known as Cam High Road across the moors over Wether Fell to Ribblesdale. Cam High Road was built by Agricola in the 1st century to link the fort at Bainbridge (Virosidum) with the Roman Garrisons at Lancaster