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The deposition of John William Tomlinson of Luton in the County of Bedford Surveyor

17th January 1912

From: 1911 To: 1912

The deposition of John William Tomlinson of Luton in the County of Bedford Surveyor taken and made before us Herbert Owen Williams and Robert Smith Tamson Esquire two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Luton acting in and for the said Borough at the Magistrates Court Luton aforesaid this17th day of January 1912 upon the matter of the stopping up and diversion of a portion of a certain footpath on public highway in the Borough of Luton leading from Biscot Road in the aforesaid Borough of Luton towards the village of Limbury which we the said Justices received on the 22nd day of November last:- I produce the plan hereunto annexed marked “a” and signed by me which well describes the present footpath on public highway situated in the Borough of Luton apart whereof is intended to be stopped up and diverted and the lands through which the proposed footpath on public highway in lieu thereof is intended to be make and also the proposed diversion and the metes bounds and admeasurements marked thereon are correct. I also produce the certified copy marked “B” of the minutes of a meeting held on the 5th day of September 1911 of the Town Council of the Borough of Luton within which Borough the said footpath on public highway is situated consenting to such stopping to such stopping up and diversion of the said footpath on public highway. I produce the consent Marked “C” of the owner of the lands through which the proposed footpath on public highway is intended to be made consenting to such diversion. I produce a duplicate notice marked “D” signed by me as Surveyor to the said Town Council of the intended application to the court of Quarter Sessions from an Order for stopping up and diverting a portion of the said footpath. A duplicate of the notice signed by me aforesaid was affixed on the 25th day of November 1911 by the said of and at the end of the said footpath and at the end of the new footpath on public highway proposed to be made in lieu thereof and the same notice remained there for four successive weeks as from the said 25th day of November 1911 and the same notice was inserted in the “Luton News” being a newspaper circulated within the said Borough of Luton on the 23rd day of November 1911 the 30th day of November 1911 the 7th day of December 1911 and the 14th day of December 1911 copies of which papers are annexed hereto and marked “E” “F” “G” and “H” On Sundays the 26th day of November 1911 the 3rd day of December 1911 the 10th day of December 1911 and the 17th day of December 1911 like notices were affixed on the door of the Parish Church of Luton on the door of Christ Church at Luton and on the door of the Parish Church of Biscot being also the Parish Church of and for the parish of Limbury. The foregoing deposition of John Williams Tomlinson was taken and sworn before us at Luton the day and year first before written. Signed: John William Tomlinson Herbert Owen Williams Robert S. Tamson Justices of the Peace for the Borough of Luton.

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Williams, Herbert Owen,
Tomlinson, John William,
Tamson, Robert Smith

LUTON, Biscot, LIMBURY, deposition, highway, footpaths