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RefNoKBLC/2/16/163
AltRefNoR59/31/box84/bundle4
TitlePapers concerning Tong's Drain
DescriptionBundle of papers concerning Tong's Drain. Contains a conveyance to Sir Thomas Hare, of 339 acres of fen land in Stow Bardolph [Tong's Drain]; a case as to the validity of a lease granted to Sir Thomas Hare; a copy of the Chatteris Ferry and Downham Bridge [Turnpike] Road Act 1828; a case as to whether the Wisbech and Chatteris Turnpike Trustees can be required to pay a proportion of the expenses of erecting a new bridge and sluice at Nordelph, together with the opinions of John Campbell and Mr Coleridge; a draft award concerning the sums of money to be paid to the Middle Level Drainage Commissioners for Tong's Drain; an account of the money expended by the Bedford Level Corporation repairing the banks and sluices of Tong's Drain between 1829-1850; draft proceedings of the Tong's Wash Committee, and correspondence.
Date1742 - 1850
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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