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RefNoKBLC/5/2/57
AltRefNoR59/31/box115/bundle5
Title"River Nene Improvement and Drainage Bill: Parliamentary Papers"
DescriptionBundle of parliamentary papers concerning the 1848 River Nene Improvement Bill. Contains copies of the Bill; a schedule of lands in Whittlesey, Wisbech, Sutton St Mary, Tidd St Mary, Tidd St Giles, West Walton, Leverington, Walsoken and Stanground affected by proposals to improve the channel of the River Nene; a petition of the Bedford Level Corporation against the Bill; petitions of the Commissioners of Leverington and Leverington Parson Drove Drainage District; the trustees of the Chatteris Ferry and Downham Turnpike; the trustees of the Wisbech and Thorney Turnpike; the London and North Western Railway Company; several owners of lands in Sutton St Edmund; the Midlands Railway Company; the Wisbech North Side Drainage Commissioners; several owners of lands in the Bedford Level; the Corporation of Guy's Hospital; the Middle Level Commissioners; the Wisbech Canal Company; the Commissioners of Sewers for the Hundred and a Half of Wisbech; merchants, shipowners and inhabitants of the town and port of Wisbech, and the Commissioners for draining fen lands in Great and Little Waldersea against the Bill; the Admiralty's report about the Bill; Robert Stephenson's report about the improvement of the River Nene; the Registrar's observations; Mr Bowker's answers to queries; clauses and provisos to protect the drainage and navigation of the Bedford Level; resolutions; notice of a meeting, and correspondence.
Date1846 - 1848
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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