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RefNoKBLC/2/16/156
AltRefNoR59/31/box78/bundle4
Title"St John's Eau - Application to Scour Out Same"
DescriptionBundle of papers concerning St John's Eau. Contains a copy of an 1809 Bill to improve the drainage of the South Level by opening up and scouring out St John's Eau; notices of intended application to Parliament; petition of the inhabitants of Downham Market for an engineer to be appointed to consider the effects of the scheme on their lands in Downham Market; petitions of Edmund Saffery, William Wiles, Joseph Watson and other inhabitants of Downham Market for compensation; an estimate of the cost of scouring St John's Eau; the solicitors' bill of expenses incurred; summons; proceedings; notes and correspondence.
Date1809 - 1812
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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