| Description | From, amongst others: Robert Norris, clerk to trustees of Beverley to Kexby Bridge Road; Rotherford and Potter, Stamfordbiidge (2 pieces); John Claridge, Jerveaux Abbey (2 pieces); Edward Topham; Sir Francis Wood, York (4 pieces); Charless B Walker, Thirsk; John Rotherford, Stamford Bridge (2 pieces); Intelligencer Office, Leeds; JM Sherwood, Parliament (6 pieces); George Bulmer, London (5 pieces); Thomas. Kell, Bramham Park (4 pieces); Williamm Wood, Pontefract; Horatio Wood, Leeds; John Hardy, Ferrybridge (3 piecs); Admiral Sir John Wells, Bolnore House, Cuckfield, Sussex (4 pieces); S Waller, Cuckfield; clerk to trustees of York to Scarborough Roads; Johnathan. Wormald, Fulford; RWF Mills, Skirpenbeck; Road Office, London (9 pieces); Hotham, Walmgate; James Bulmer, York; Home Office (2 pieces); Yarburgh, Sewerby House; Thomas Lund, Skirpenbeck; William. Worsley, Hyde Park, JF Whittell. And copy letters from the Clerk of the Trust (c.100 pieces).
Giving details of measurement of road and erection of milestones; reimbursement to tenants of the Earl of Egremont for tolls taken from carriages going to or from Stamford Bridge Mills; damage to road by use of trail sticks on Garrowby Hill; land given by Earl of Egremont for alteration at Stamford Bridge Bar; repair of Garrowby Hill; advertisement of publications relating to Turnpike Acts; presentation of new Bill (passed 1827); proposed alteration of road at Grimston Smithy the land to be given by George Lane Fox esquire; inclosure [enclosure] of piece of waste land opposite Skirpenbeck poor houses; copy returns to Road Office; encroachment of new footpath near York on the turnpike road; general business relating meetings, trustees, letting of tolls, financial affairs, etc; request for a cottage to be built for Thomas Lund on the road 'against the White Cross'; suggested abolition of Turnpike Trust.. |