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RefNoKBLC/2/16/336
AltRefNoR59/31/X/61/3
TitleGeneral Business Papers, 1838 - 1840
DescriptionThis bundle comprises memorandums, correspondence, estimates, minutes, resolutions and orders, including: copy of the Register's Report as to the duties of his Office, March 1819; Register's Report as to duties performed by him and not performed by former Auditors and Registers, April 1819; comparison of Fen Office disbursements under former Registers Mr. Bevill from April 1817 to April 1818 and Mr. Saffrey from April 1810 to April 1811; Register's duties copied from a Corporation Book of Forms, 18 March 1819, in preparation for the Register's Report as to the same made April 1819; Auditor's report on Finances to the Board of the Bedford Level Corporation, 1829; letters and estimates as to repairs of public houses, 1837-1839; evidence as to roadway through Hermitage Farm for James Horsford's land in Haddenham; letter from Daniel and Thomas Fryer as to action against the Corporation, 1839; draft minutes of a meeting of the Eau Brink Committee, January 1840; Letter from Geoffrey G. Day as to the Stevens v Stevens suit, 1839; Application as to assent or dissent to the proposed Whittlesea Meer Drainage with schedule of properties affected, 1839; draft notice not to hale on the Barrier Bank of the Hundred Foot River, 1839; Adam Chapman's estimate for repair of Standground Sluice, 1839; draft claims as to Sutton Inclosure, 1838; report and correspondence as to Gamble's bank, 1839; copy of orders as to public houses, Whitsun 1839; Handbill as to a public meeting to discuss improving drainage in the Cottenham Level, 4 January 1839; correspondence from H. R. Evans as to Corporation case regarding Ouze banks, 1839; correspondence as to Corporation bonds, 1839-1840; correspondence from assignee of Thomas Gray declining lease of the Chequers public house, October 1838; List of leases of the banks and forelands belonging to the Corporation; correspondence from Joseph Little as to the Committee's excursion by barge, July 1840; correspondence from Thomas Fryer and Joseph Little as to repairs of the Black Pots public house at Horseway, Chatteris, 1840; order granting permission to Mr. Smith of Downham to take water from St. John's Eau, Whitsun 1830; copy of order as to tax from the April meeting 1840; draft expenses of the Ground Works Committee, 1840; extracts from the Order Books of the Corporation showing the proceedings taken upon the death of a Governor as regards the period of electing his successor; letter from F. Markly as to removal of a willow at the White Swan in North Delph, Whittlesea, November 1840; letter from Harry Little as to steam engine lately erected at Downham, June 1840; Handbill notice to Geese Owners at or near Wisbech Guyhirn, December 1838; copy of Mr. Little's estimate of repairs to public houses of the Corporation; letter from Thomas Robinson relinquishing his seat on the Board, March 1840;Letter from G. H. Harris as to lowering level at Upwere Sluice, May 1840; letter from Mr. Archer as to death of Jonathan Page, October 1840; Authority to summons a meeting of the Board on 4 November 1840; Notice of intended application to Parliament as to Whittlesea Meer Drainage, 1839; Handbill notice of application to Parliament as to Whittlesea Meer Drainage, December 1840; Authority to affix the Corporation seal to public house leases; letter from Rowland Nevitt Bennett as to rate to be paid to raise funds for the Whittlesea Inclosure Bill, December 1840; letter from Harry Little as to Hincock's cottage and allotment, 1840; letter from John Russel Junior as to Butler's lease, July 1840; letter from David Ellingham as to an error in the tax roll and Roswell Hill sand, November 1840; letter from Harry Little as to Butler's House, March 1841; Copy of order by Somersham Turnpike Trustees as to repair of the Hermitage bridge, December 1840; certificate of appointment of North Level and Portsand Commissioners, 1839 and 1840; letters from Messrs. T.A. Hills, John Owen, Tycho Wing and Joseph Little to Samuel Wells as to Lettings, February 1840; minutes of a public meeting as to the Improvement of the River Nene, Peterborough, April 1840; Handbill notice of public meeting as to adjusting the Tithe Commutation Bill for Upwell Parish, 1839; Petition for Bridge near Uggmere Cote;letter from Mr. Archer as to gatekeeper at Welche's Dam demanding tolls, 1838; notice warning watermen and others that damage to banks, locks, sluices, floodgates etc. result in conviction of felony, 1838; memorandums and correspondence as to the Denver Sluice Case and as to Lord Hardwicke's claim to 34 acres of 200 acres, 1838; letters from Mr. Little, Mr. Dyson and H.R. Evans as to lighters attempt to ram through the Pen Lock of Denver Sluice, 1838; memorandums and correspondence as to the BLC allotment from Swavesey Inclosure, 1838; draft minutes of a meeting of the Public House committee, August 1838; orders from members of the Board respecting the new tunnel at Welney, 1838; order from Corporation to Mr. Joseph Little to prepare estimate of repairs for Denver Sluice House and the public houses The Plough, The Dog and Duck and The Crown at Oxlode, 1838; copy of Mr. Dyson's report as to Public Houses for April meeting 1838; resolutions of the Public House Committee, August 1838; resolutions as to sale of a close at Elderwell, 1840; memorandums and correspondence as to the Stevens v Stevens suit, 1837-1838; memorandums and correspondence as to repairs of house at Horseway, Chatteris, occupied by Mr. Lutt, 1838; notice of application to Parliament as to Stow Cum Quy Inclosure, 1838; letter from Joseph Sedgeley as to Mr Brown the younger's demand for payment of tolls from Mr. Saberton and, as to Mr. Barnes and Mr. Robinson owners of houses at Welche's Dam, September 1838; letter from Mr. Hale as to estimate for repairs to the Anchor at Sutton Gault, 1838.
Date1838 - 1840
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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