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Expand 1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation
Expand 2 - Municipal Corporation 1835-19742 - Municipal Corporation 1835-1974
Collapse 4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 1 - Minute books of General Meetings of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners 1 - Minute books of General Meetings of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 2 - Draft minute books and agenda 2 - Draft minute books and agenda
Expand 3 - Committee minutes, report books and papers3 - Committee minutes, report books and papers
Expand 4 - Commissioners qualification books4 - Commissioners qualification books
Expand 5 - Treasurer's records5 - Treasurer's records
Expand 6 - Clerks' letter books6 - Clerks' letter books
Collapse 7 - Parliamentary Acts and Bills7 - Parliamentary Acts and Bills
1 - An Act for the better paving, cleansing and lighting the town of Cambridge
Expand 2 - The Cambridge Road Bill, 18282 - The Cambridge Road Bill, 1828
Expand 3 - The Cambridge Improvement Amendment Bill, 18463 - The Cambridge Improvement Amendment Bill, 1846
Expand 4 - Royston and Hitchen Railway, 18504 - Royston and Hitchen Railway, 1850
Expand 5 - The Waterworks Bill 1853, and 18665 - The Waterworks Bill 1853, and 1866
Expand 6 - The Cambridge Town and University Gas Act, 18676 - The Cambridge Town and University Gas Act, 1867
7 - Board of trade rules with respect to provisional orders under the gas and waterworks facilities act, 1870
Expand 8 - Cambridge University and Town, (Cambridge Improvement) bill, 18748 - Cambridge University and Town, (Cambridge Improvement) bill, 1874
Collapse 9 - The Great Eastern Railway Bill, 18759 - The Great Eastern Railway Bill, 1875
1 - The Great Eastern Railway Bill, 1875
2 - A plan of the proposed junction at Coldham's Lane
3 - A plan of the proposed junction at Mill Road
4 - A plan of the proposed new railway line
5 - A tracing of a plan by Alf A Langley, engineer of a section of the Great Eastern Railway from Chesterton junction to St Ives
6 - A tracing of a plan by Alf A Langley, engineer, of additional land adjoining Cambridge railway station
7 - Resolution of the Improvement Commissioners to call a meeting of the Improvement Board to consider the application made by the Great Railway Company for a parliamentary bill
8 - A notice for a meeting of the Cambridge Improvement Board relating to consideration of the application by the Great Eastern Railway Company for a parliamentary bill
9 - An agenda for a meeting of the Cambridge Improvement Board relating to the consideration on the application made by the Great Eastern Railway Company to Parliament
10 - A printed letter to each Commissioner requesting attendance at a Board Meeting to consider opposing the Great Eastern Railway Company's Bill in Parliament
11 - Resolution of the Improvement Commissioners to oppose the Great Eastern Railway Bill
12 - A notice relating to the resolution of the Cambridge Improvement Board to oppose a bill in Parliament promoted by the Great Eastern Railway Company
13 - Requisition of owners and ratepayers to the Chairman of the Improvement Commissioners to call a meeting of owners and ratepayers for the purpose of gaining their consent to the opposition of the bill promoted by the Great Eastern Railway Company
14 - A telegram from Sharpe and Co solicitors to Barlow and Co solicitors relating to parliamentary standing orders
15 - A telegram from JW Neville to Barlow informing that he has seen Eaden but their current opposition to the bill is useless
16 - A telegram from Frederic Barlow to Sharpe and Co solicitors relating to security on the £1000 payment the Great Eastern Railway Co pay in lieu of tolls
17 - A telegram from Sharpe and Co solicitors to Frederic Barlow relating to memorialising against the Great Eastern Railway Bill
18 - A telegram from JW Neville to Frederic Barlow requesting clarification of the mortgage against £1000 tolls
19 - A telegram from Frederic Barlow to JW Neville explaining that the debenture holders have security against the tolls as well as rates
20 - A notice for a meeting of the owners and ratepayers of the borough to consider the expediency of consenting to the opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill
21 - A newspaper notice for a meeting of the owners and ratepayers of the borough to consider the expediency of consenting to the opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill
22 - A printed notice for a meeting of the owners and ratepayers of the borough to consider the expediency of consenting to the opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill
23 - A printed notice calling a public meeting to gain consent to the opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill in response to a requisition of owners and ratepayers made to the Mayor of the Borough of Cambridge
24 - Declaration of Chairman and meeting of owners and ratepayers to oppose the Great Eastern Railway Bill
25 - Support of E Bell, ratepayer of the borough, to the opposition of the Commissioners to the Great Eastern Railway Bill
26 - Resolution of the Improvement Board to oppose the Great Eastern Railway Bill
27 - A petition against the Great Eastern Railway Bill by the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
28 - A letter from the Local Government Board to Frederic Barlow requesting a statutory declaration of the opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill
29 - Declaration of Frederic Barlow outlining a timeline of steps taken in opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill
30 - A letter from the Local Government Board to Sharpe and Co solicitors explaining that as the notice advertising the Commissioners intention to oppose the bill was not published 10 clear days before the meeting, the requirements of the Municipal Corporations (Borough Funds) Act have not been complied with
31 - A letter from Sharpe and Co solicitors to Barlow, Palmer and Neville requiring details of the notice published on 5 Dec
32 - A letter from Sharpe and Co solicitors to Barlow, Palmer and Neville informing them that they have forwarded a copy of the Cambridge Chronicle, containing the notice regarding the Commissioners resolution to oppose the Great Eastern Railway Bill to the Local Government Board
33 - A letter from Sharpe and Co solicitors to Barlow, Palmer and Neville requiring a copy of the Cambridge Chronicle from 5 Dec for the Home Office
34 - A letter from the Local Government Board to Sharpe and Co solicitors stating that they consent to the proposed opposition
35 - A letter from Sharpe and Co solicitors to Barlow, Palmer and Neville enclosing a letter from the Local Government Board
36 - Agreement of the Local Government Board that the costs of the Improvement Commissioners opposition to the Great Eastern Railway Bill can be paid from improvement funds
37 - A list of members of the Select Committee on Railway bills
38 - Minutes of proceedings of the Select Committee on Railway bills
39 - Minutes of proceedings of the Select Committee on Railway bills
40 - Minutes of proceedings of the Select Committee on Railway bills
Expand 10 - The Public Health Bill, 187510 - The Public Health Bill, 1875
Expand 11 - The Artisans Dwellings Aill, 188211 - The Artisans Dwellings Aill, 1882
Expand 12 - The Valuation Bill, 1877 12 - The Valuation Bill, 1877
Expand 13 - The Cambridge Tramways Company Bill, 1878 and the Cambridge Street Tramways extension, 188013 - The Cambridge Tramways Company Bill, 1878 and the Cambridge Street Tramways extension, 1880
14 - The Rivers Conservancy Bill, 1879 [as amended in committee]
Expand 15 - Correspondence between the Local Government Board and CW Palmer, clerk to the Improvement Commissioners relating to a grant to assist with the cost of maintenance of disturnpiked and main roads15 - Correspondence between the Local Government Board and CW Palmer, clerk to the Improvement Commissioners relating to a grant to assist with the cost of maintenance of disturnpiked and main roads
Expand 16 - Boiler explosions Act, 188216 - Boiler explosions Act, 1882
Expand 17 - The Electric Lighting Bill, 188217 - The Electric Lighting Bill, 1882
18 - General list of petitions for private bills for parliamentary session of 1883
19 - Bankruptcy Bill, 1883
20 - Criminal Code (Indictable Offences Procedure) Bill, 1883
21 - A list of legislation of 1885 affecting local boards and Improvement Commissioners
Expand 22 - The Cambridge Improvement Commissioners Bill, 188522 - The Cambridge Improvement Commissioners Bill, 1885
Expand 23 - The United Telephone Company (Limited) Bill, 188523 - The United Telephone Company (Limited) Bill, 1885
Expand 24 - The Cambridge (University and Colleges) Rating Act, 188624 - The Cambridge (University and Colleges) Rating Act, 1886
Expand 25 - The River Cam bridges Bill, 188925 - The River Cam bridges Bill, 1889
Expand 26 - A provisional order for dealing with cases where the council of a Borough are not the Urban Sanitary Authority and related correspondence26 - A provisional order for dealing with cases where the council of a Borough are not the Urban Sanitary Authority and related correspondence
Expand 8 - Clerk's legal papers 8 - Clerk's legal papers
Expand 9 - Clerk's property papers9 - Clerk's property papers
Expand 10 - Contracts, bonds and tenders10 - Contracts, bonds and tenders
Expand 11 - Changes to Borough and parish boundaries 11 - Changes to Borough and parish boundaries
Expand 12 - Bye-laws and regulations12 - Bye-laws and regulations
Expand 13 - Frederic Barlow's liability in fraud case against the assistant clerk, John Wright Neville13 - Frederic Barlow's liability in fraud case against the assistant clerk, John Wright Neville
Expand 14 - Eligibility of parish commissioners14 - Eligibility of parish commissioners
Expand 15 - Memorials and petitions to the Commissioners15 - Memorials and petitions to the Commissioners
Expand 16 - Mill Road improvement loan16 - Mill Road improvement loan
Expand 17 - Repeal of paving tolls17 - Repeal of paving tolls
Expand 18 - Scheme for the diversion of sewage from the River Cam 18 - Scheme for the diversion of sewage from the River Cam
Expand 19 - Surveyor and Engineering Department19 - Surveyor and Engineering Department
Expand 20 - Medical Officer of Health 20 - Medical Officer of Health
Expand 21 - Indexes to the collection received at the time of deposit21 - Indexes to the collection received at the time of deposit
Expand 5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge
Expand 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without
Expand 8 - Trumpington Parish Council8 - Trumpington Parish Council
Expand 9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council
Expand 10 - Cambridge City Charities10 - Cambridge City Charities
Expand 12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas
Expand 13 - Court Leet13 - Court Leet
Expand 14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court
Expand Co - Cambridge Borough CoronerCo - Cambridge Borough Coroner
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