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RefNoKBLC/2/9/22/13
AltRefNoS/B/SP1864
TitlePetition of the Commoners and Landowners in Chatteris
DescriptionPetition for the [Counterwash Drain] and the Old Bedford River [to be scoured], as they are now so overgrown that upland waters from Ramsey, Bury, Warboys and Fenton cannot drain in times of flood. They also ask for the sluice at Welches Dam to be re-opened, and for the bridges obstructing the Forty Foot Drain to be removed. One hundred and three signatories.
Datend [Before 1721?]
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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