RefNoKBLC/2/9/5/37
AltRefNoS/B/SP448
TitlePetition of the Inhabitants of Ramsey, Bury, Wistow, Warboys, Chatteris, Doddington and Manea
DescriptionThe petitioners report that so much water is being taken in through Stanground Sluice to preserve the navigation, that the waters of the River Nene are forced back down the Forty Foot Drain. They ask for them to be kept out of the Forty Foot Drain at Drab's Yard. Thirty eight signatories.
Date[9 April 1747]
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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