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R4/4049
Title
Robert Butcher's correspondence on matters concerned with the Corporation of the Bedford Level -drainage works; correspondence on this and Thorney estate management with Langley Edwards; letters connected with Wansford wharf - trade in coal, salt, tar, lead etc. shipped on Butcher's orders. Alconbury Hill-Wansford turnpike; poaching on Thornhaugh estate; general estate business.
Date free text
1744 - 1758
Production date
From: 1744 To: 1758
Exent
58 items
Level of description
item

Persons/institution keyword
Butcher, Robert,
Bedford Level Corporation,
Edwards, Langley
Keywords
estates correspondence, Bedford Level Corporation, DRAINAGE, Thorney, ESTATES (LANDED), estate management, Wansford, Docks, seagoing ships, TRADE & INDUSTRY, coal, salt, lead, Alconbury, turnpikes, poaching, Thornhaugh

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Russell (Dukes of Bedford) Archive
fonds | R
- Miscellaneous Estate Papers
  sub-fonds | R4
  1739-1948
  - Thorney Estate; Stewards' Papers; 18th Century (mainly)
    series | R4/4000-4078
    1709 - 1816
    
    Correspondence (Catalogued in bundles as found, but these may not be original; there appears to have...
    file | R4/4042-4062
    1720 - 1770
    Robert Butcher's correspondence on matters concerned with the Corporation of the Bedford Level -drai...
    item | R4/4049
    1744 - 1758