| Description | Various plans, some drawn straight onto the pages of the volume, some inserted. Includes a list of Chief Rents belonging to the Earl of Stamford, Warrington towards the front. A number of pages torn out from the middle of the volume.
At the back of the volume are a number of valuations and surveys of various plots of lands in Smallshaw, Ridghill Lanes, Souracre and Audenshaw. Also at the back of the volume is: a list of fox hounds, 24 May 1823; a specification and estimate of the expense of enclosing the rectory house and grounds at Ashton-under-Lyne by Joel Harker dated 24 Jun 1823; account of the Trustees of the Manchester Saltersbrook Turnpike Road dr. to the Executors of the late J. Leech, Dukinfield Jun 1823; A measurement of the main sewer and drains in Booth Street made by George Linley, 22 Jan 1822; copy letter from Thomas Mellor to John Harrop concerning repairs to the Lord's Chapel at the church; record of the length of the road divided at Taunton belonging to Mr Worthington, Mr Harrop, Mr Maskiter, Oct 1823; Overview of number of rules etc at Mr Swire's factory, Oct 1823; list of subscribers for an Act of Parliament for making a turnpike road from Ridghill and Lanes in the parish of Ashton to Holehouse in the parish of Saddleworth, Nov 1825; list of land taken from the Earl of Stamford, Warrington by the Trustees of the Manchester and Saltersbrook road from Stamford Street to Currier Lane; list of land taken for the turnpike road from Dukes Platting to Mossley; list of land taken for the diversion of the road from Ashton-under-Lyne to Mossley; specification and estimate of the expence of making the intended diversion of the turnpike road near Staley Bridge from Kelsall's to the New Bridge by J Hawkyard Dec 1824; an estimate of the expense of making a diversion of the Manchester and Saltersbrook turnpike road from near the Astley Arms to Ashton Hill Lane End, Dec 1825; speciofication for making a diversion of the Manchester and Saltersbrook raod from near the Astley Arms to Ashton Hill Lane Ends; an estimate of the expense of making the proposed diversion branches and extension of the Manchester and Saltersbrook turnpike road in the township and divisions of Ardwick, Audenshaw and Ashton-under-Lyne in the county of Lancaster and Staley and Mottram in the parish of Mottram in Longdendale in the county of Chester; an estimate of the expense of making an intended turnpike road from Ridghill and Lanes within Hartshead in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne in the county of Lancaster to or near Holehouses within Saddleworth in the West Riding of the county of York; an estimate of each persons share pf the intended main sewer commencing at Mr Samuel Heginbottoms house in Henry Square and leading from thence down Welbeck Street, then in front of the Rotunda to the main sewer in Portland Street opposite Mr Swires house; an estimate of each persons share of the intended main sewer commencing at Katharine Street and leading from thence down Welbeck Street to Bank Street and then in front of the Rotunda to the main sewer in Portland Street opposite Mr Swires house; materials now provided for the turnpike road from the Astley Arms to St Anns Wells not yet spread on the road.
Volume in very poor condition: binding broken, covers loose, pages loose. |
