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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3580/C/692
Title29 March 1871
Lord G Cavendish, House of Commons to William Longsdon. Obliged for letter and inclosure. Government proposal on Local Taxation expected Tuesday next - premature to enter into a discussion. Shall direct copy of bill to be sent to him.
Turnpike roads keep falling in chairman of Committee to which about 120 Trusts have been referred, greater portion out of debt and some near out of debt.
Even if H. of C. more conservative than it is, plain that Turnpike as a system doomed - but some exceptional cases will have to be kept up - such as great traffic between two manufacturing towns where repairs of disturnpiked road would be thrown on intervening agricultural parishes. If Highways Act made compulsory Magistrates in QS should be given more power to revise list of Highways including those which have been turnpike roads and list those which should be repaired by district and those where traffic of through nature should be repaired out of common fund of whole country and thirdly those where because of exceptional circumstances a toll should be levied.
How and what property should be liable to highway rate another question.
Date1871
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorLongsdon family of Little Longstone
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