WW1/AC/DR3

File on the cleansing of Ampthill Mill Stream, either by or at the expense of the riparian owners and/or occupiers, which included: Edgar Edwards, owner of Ampthill Mill; Duke of Bedford; Trustees of Ampthill Hospital; Trustees of John Cross' Charity, Oxford; Arthur Hill of Hill & Co., Confectioners of Wellingborough (Northamptonshire); including the following: - mention of Holcot Mill Stream being cleansed by German prisoners-of-war until lack of accommodation forced their withdrawal [1917]; - mention of a dam in the water course caused by a Government sawmill, manned by the Canadian Forestry Corps, established in Midland Railway's Ampthill goods yard [1918]; - detailed survey of the stream [1918]; - detailed objection by Edgar Edwards to the cleansing of the stream with the Surveyor's response [1919]; - late payment by Trustees of John Cross' Charity and consideration of retrieving the money by an action for distress [1920-1921]. [ex WAO 8/2/1]

1917 - 1921

From: 1917 To: 1921

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Edwards, Edgar,
Russell, Herbrand Arthur (11th Duke of Bedford),
Hill, Arthur,
Hill & Company,
Midland Railway Company

watermills, Hill & Company, Germans, prisoners of war, Canadian Forestry Corps, Ampthill Hospital, Oxford John Cross' Charity, Midland Railway Company, AMPTHILL, HOLCOT