| Description | Title of Act Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement Act 1852. Scheme to improve the River Nene from Northampton to Wisbech by new cuts, widening, construction of weirs of overfalls, and new bridges at Nene Quay, Wisbech, and the Dog-in-Doublet public house, Whittlesey. Passing through the following parishes: Pitsford, Boughton, Chapel Brampton, Kingsthorpe, Dallington, St Peters and St Sepulchre's, both in Northampton, Upton, Kislingsbury, Wooten, Duston, All Saints and St Giles, both in Northampton, Hardingstone, Abington, Great Houghton, Little Houghton, Weston Favell, Bradford on Green, Little Billing, Ecton, Cockroe, Whiston, Wellingborough, Irchester, Irthlingborough, Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Chelverston sum Caldecote, Stanwick, Little Addington, Raunds, Ringstead, Great Addington, Woodford, Denford, Thrapston, Islip, Titchmarsh, Aldwinkle (All Saints and St Peters), Achurch, (with the hamlet of Thorpe), Wodenhoe, Pilton, Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Stoke Doyle, Barnwell (All Saints and St Andrews), Oundle, Palebrook (with hamlet of Armston) hamlet of Ashdon in Oundle, Cotterstock, Tansor, Southwick, Warmington, Fotheringhay, Nassington, Yarwell, Wansford, chapelry of Sutton in Castor cum Milton, hamlet of Longthorpe in the parish of St John the Baptist; Peterborough; all in the county of Northamptonshire. Elton, Sibson cum Stibbington, Water Newton, Chesterton, Alwalton, Orton Waterville, Orton Long[ue]ville, Woodstone, Fletton, Stanground; all in the county of Huntingdonshire. Whittlesey (St Mary and St Andrew), Wisbech (St Peter and St Mary), Leverington; all in the county of Cambridgeshire. Comprising: Plans and sections 94 sheets, each 22" x 30". Printed summary of bill. Printed copy of standing orders of House of Lords as to the deposit of documents...relating to Private Bills. Scale: Plan and sections: Horizontal 5 chains or 330 feet to 1 inch. Sections: Vertical 20 feet to 1 inch. Engineer-in-chief James Meadows Rendel. Acting Engineer William Radford. Act 15 and 16 Victoria cap. cxxviii (1852). |