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RefNoKBLC/5/2/51/2
AltRefNoR59/31/box101/bundle1B
TitlePapers concerning the 1862 Middle [and South] Level Drainage and Navigation Dissolution Bill and the Middle Level [Separation] Act 1862
DescriptionSub-bundle of [parliamentary] papers concerning the 1862 Middle [and South] Level Drainage and Navigation Dissolution Bill and the Middle Level [Separation] Act 1862. Contains "Statement on Behalf of the South Level Proprietors, for the consideration of the Governor, Bailiffs and Conservators of the Bedford Level Corporation"; a printed petition from some of the owners of Adventurers' lands in the north and south west parts of the Middle Level, asking for these parts to be separated from the rest of the Middle Level; a printed memorial of owners and occupiers of Adventurers' and other fen lands in the South Level against the Dissolution Bill (see also R59/31/box53/bundle4); suggestions for the separation of the Levels; points to be considered about the proposed dissolution of the Corporation; Mr Francis's observations; an account of the expenditure on the Hundred Foot River and the Ouse Washes; an account of the allotments for the minor banks in the South Level; "The Cambridge Independent Press", 09 March 1861; extracts of proceedings; memoranda; notes and correspondence. Also contains "Letter to His Grace the Duke of Bedford [...] on the works in the New Bedford or One Hundred Feet River, the River Ouse; and Other Matters of the Corporation"; "Report of the Committee on the Middle and South Level Expenditure" and "The Report of the Special Committee of Finance".
Date1828 - 1862
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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