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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3551/4/11 |
| Title | Jury List and Presentment |
| Date | Jan [1741] |
| Description | Little Homes Ware being informed that it has of late years been raised 16 inches
The corporation for not making the arches or arches higher and larger of the Morledg Bridge
All persons that have encroached either on the River Derwent or on the Brooke
Paul Nightingale for having to leave a large quantity of gunpowder in or near his dwelling house
Mr William Vale for an encroachment of a yard and on half on St Werburgh's Brook from the top to the bottom of the said Mr Vale's yard
Mr Mathew Newton for a small encroachment on the opposite side
William Fletcher for a tree upon the said Brook as an encroachment there
Joseph Elliot for a root of a tree and a yards encroachment on the said Brook
John Sadler for another root of a tree there as an obstruction to the water
William Hoghkinson for a little house hanging over the said Brook
Mr Samuel Fox for another little house over the said Brook
John Smith for an encroachment there on the opposite side to Joseph Elliot's
Sir Nathaniel Curzon or his tenant for an encroachment next to Dr Cheshire's dyehouse for the compass of a yard upon the said Brook
The Corporation for not clearing two of the arches from rubbish and other impediments under the Gaol Bridge Joseph Marsden for an encroachment by piles and otherwise on the Gaol Brook
Samuel Fisher for the like
Mr Wright and Mrs Ward, widow of Mr Joseph Ward or one of them for an encroachment on the Gaol Brook a yard and a half from the top to the bottom of the backside and croft supposed to be sixty yards or thereabouts in the whole
Henry Greatorex for the same on the opposite side John Wooley (Mr Calton's tenant) for a small encroachment on the Gaol Brook
George Statham for an encroachment there by a tree
The Corporation for not having more large and open arches to the Tent. Bridge where wee imagine a great obstruction arises to the Gaol Brook, and more especially now as great quantities of dirt and sludge appear to be under them
Robert Clarke for an encroachment by his garden and little house on this Brook
Mrs Bayly or Mrs Rivett for an encroachment on this Brook a yard and half the whole length of the garden or neare so where such encroachment appears
Mr Gilbert Cooper or his tenant for not cutting down two willow trees pruning and osier on the opposite side to Mrs Rivett's garden
Isaac Turner for continuing the little wear at the holmes raised much higher than should be by 10 inches or thereabouts
And to remove this obstruction as well as others wee unanimously recommend a pair of flood gates to be placed near the mouth of this Brook where the said little wear ir, or as near it as shall be thought convenient |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Derby Quarter Sessions |
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| Format | Document |