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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8042/542
TitleBond in £50 by Henry Bourne, William Wragg, Humphry Oldfield and Thomas Clay to Thomas Holland of Ford, parish North Wingfield, gentleman
Date30 Aug 1746
DescriptionWhereas Bourne and others have for several years workes a coal mine at Stretton and have laid more than 1000 loads of slack and dirt on the King's highway between Chesterfield and Derby whereby the same is become dangerous; and whereas Bourne and others have agreed with the overseers and inhabitants to indemnify them against the cost of removing the same; Bourne and others undertake to spread and level the said slack etc. and to cause a horse causeway to be laid on the side of the road, and shall repair the highway affected by the tipping for 8 years or indemnify the inhabitants for all cost by reason of want of repairs.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorBarnes family of Chesterfield
FormatDocument
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