Reference
P9/8/1
Title
Vestry minute book
Date free text
1821-3, 1836-1880
Production date
From: 1821 To: 1880
Scope and Content
1821 Parish Valuation by Mr. Thomas Lilburne and Mr. James Paine considered too high - Vestr agrees to lower rates
1822 Rating of the Plantation. Allowances for the poor
1836 Sale of Sandy poor houses and Parish workhouse
1837 Yearly allowance for exercising the fire engine
1840 Repairs to Church under Archdeacon's orders
1841 Iron Fence round Churchyard extension. New valuation.
1849 Stopping up 126 yards of back roads
1852 Sale of Parish gravel pits and stone pits to Capt. Peel
1853 Stopping up of a road and sale of land to Capt. Peel
1856-7 Stopping up of part of Biggleswade Bridle Road
1858 Restoration of the Church to plans of Mr. Habershon
1860 Cleaning the parish ditch, and recovery of part of the cost from the parishes of Moggerhanger and Blunham
1861 Diversion of highway from Potton Road, Sandy, to Biggleswade. Purchase of additional land for the Churchyard
1862 Stone wall round the Churchyard. Rating of Railway & Gas-work 1863 Repair of various roads [detailed descriptions given] 1865 Disputed rating assessment
1866 Proposed abolition of the Turnpike Road Trust. Fees for the parish fire engine. Objection to County rate.
1867 The Coprolite Company's rates
1869 Sale of the old School premises. Fencing round the Sandy Assembly rooms
1870 Liability of Ivel Navigation Company to repair bridges. Repair of bridle way over river near Mr. Pope's Mill
1872 New drain from the New Inn to Cubbard's Lane, Girtford. Steps to be taken against men who had "deserted" and left their wives an families chargeable to the parish
1873 Moves to make seats in the Church free
1874 Church heating by gas. New wheels for the Fire engine.
1876 Cleaning the old brook. New public footpath
1878 New bridge over river
At back: Copy of a letter about liability for the repair of the Great North road in the event of abolition of the Turnpike system, 1866
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