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RefNoKBLC/2/9/4/23
AltRefNoS/B/SP358
TitlePetition of the Watermen of Holme and Yaxley
DescriptionThe petitioners have scoured 80 rods of the River Nene to a navigable depth as promised, but through the negligence of the Bedford Level Corporation's officers the rest has not been made wide enough or deep enough and that a section near Stanground Sluice has not been scoured out at all. They ask for an order to be made to complete the work. Thirty one signatories.
Date01 September 1731
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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