F81

Roads and Streets                                            31 items

 

     See also F54/8, F66.  Contracts relating to street works, 1881 - 1884, are among the Town Council’s legal documents.

 

1861 - 1962

F81/1

Deed of transfer of powers, estates, liabilities of the Commissioners under the Oswestry Streets Act 1809

(49 Geo. III c.140) from the Commissioners to Oswestry Corporation.

 

 

 

30 Dec. 1861

 

F81/2

Letters questioning the power of the Borough of Oswestry to compel owners to set back new buildings to widen roads, without compensation.                  1 bundle

 

 

1866

 

F81/3

Letter from Thomas Beresford concerning stones left for repair of roads.

 

 

24 Nov. 1866

F81/4, 5

Draft and copy mortgage to John Humpherys of Hanley Hall, co. Salop, gent, to secure loan for street repairs. 

 

 

5 Jan. 1868.

 

F81/6

Estimate of cost of Castle Field improvement (Castle Street, Prince Street, Cripplegate, Oak Street).

 

[1872]

 

F81/7

Papers relating to owners’ liability for street repairs.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

 

1874 - 1878

F81/8

Correspondence relating to sale of land in Bailey Street and Cross Street by Stanley Leighton, for road widening.                                                            1 bundle

 

 

1875

 

F81/9

Correspondence and papers relating to setting back of front of Glasgow House, Cross Street, and purchase of land for same.                                                    1 bundle

 

 

1880 - 1882

 

F81/10, 11

Correspondence, sale particulars and other papers relating to sale of land in Cross Street surplus to street widening requirements.                                     2 bundles

 

 

1880 - 1884

 

F81/12

Letters and returns relating to grants for maintenance of disturnpiked and main roads.                              1 bundle

 

1882 - 1884

 

F81/13

Sale particulars and plans of premises fronting new road (Lawn Road, later Ferrers Road).

 

Jun. 1883

 

F81/14, 15

Tenders for works in the formation of Lawn Road.

Nov. 1883

 

 

 

 

F81/16, 17

Correspondence, reports and papers relating to County Council contribution to maintenance of main roads. 

                                                                        2 bundles

     Include papers relating to the Asylum.

 

 

 

1889 - 1892

 

F81/18

Draft case concerning liabilities in respect of the proposed widening and improvement of Oswald Road, and related letters and papers.                            1 bundle

 

 

1889 - 1894

 

F81/19

Letter from Henry Lewis declining to remove the fence in front of his house without further details of proposed street improvements.

 

 

2 Mar. 1890

 

F81/20

Letter from A. Wynne Corrie raising the question of naming of streets.

 

30 Apr. 1890

 

F81/21

Letter from A. T. Davies, Colwyn Bay, co. Flint, concerning a misunderstanding about road metal.

 

26 Aug. 1892

 

F81/22

Tenders and correspondence relating to street lighting.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

1895 - 1920

 

     Contracts relating to gas lighting, 1895 - 1910, are among the Town Council’s legal documents

 

 

F81/23

Letters and accounts relating to owners’ liabilities in respect of street improvements.                          1 bundle

 

1897 - 1898

 

F81/24

Receipts for purchase money for lands acquired for street improvements, and related plans.                        1 bundle

 

1899 - 1923

 

F81/25

Letters and opinion of counsel as to the power of the Council to require an owner to set back a proposed new building to meet the byelaw on street width.       1 bundle

 

 

1900 - 1901

 

F81/26

Case and opinion of counsel concerning the paving and sewering of the road owned by the Great Western Railway, and apportioning of costs.                   1 bundle

 

 

1903

 

F81/27

Particulars of costs of maintenance of main roads 1906 - 1912 (2 copies).

 

[1913]

 

F81/28, 29

Statistics of traffic census at Maesbury Road and related report.

 

1920

 

F81/30, 31

Draft notices and orders relating to footpath from Upper Brook Street to Peny Lan Lane.

 

1962