76 History of Inland Transport 



with no turnpikes until they came within about no miles of 

 their destination. Newcastle and Carlisle were still connected 

 by a bridle path only, while a writer in the " Gentleman's 

 Magazine " for November, 1752, in alluding to the journey 

 from London to Falmouth, says that " after the first 47 miles 

 from London you never set eyes on a turnpike for 220 miles." 

 The policy adopted by the Government so far stimulated 

 the action of private enterprise that between 1760 and 1774 

 no fewer than 453 Turnpike Acts were passed for the making 

 and repairing of roads, and many more were to follow. 



