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RefNoKBLC/5/2/7/2
AltRefNoR59/31/box36/bundle6; R59/31/box36/bundle7
TitleSub-bundles of Papers concerning the Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Bills
DescriptionTwo sub-bundles of [parliamentary] papers concerning the Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Bills. Contains "Heads of a Bill for Amending the Acts relating to the Navigation of the River Nene"; Mr Walker's report about the 1852 Nene Valley Improvement Bill; a statement of the cost of repairing the south bank of Moreton's Leam; a statement of the annual cost of repairing the north bank of Morton's Leam; statements and observations; instructions for Isambard Kingdom Brunel; statements and observations concerning the Nene Valley works; the memorial of the owners and occupiers of lands in and near the Moreton's Leam Wash; copies of orders and resolutions affecting Moreton's Leam, Smith's Leam and the Nene Washes; extracts from the rental of Corporation property at Guyhirn, Moreton's Leam and Stanground; draft clauses and provisos; notes and correspondence. Also contains a summary of the rentals in April 1849, and lists of the principal owners of Adventurers' lands in the Middle and South Levels.
Date1765 - 1862
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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