F84

Water : Oswestry Water and Sewerage Act 1865

                                                                         45 items

 

1864 - 1883

 

 

     See also F54/2.  Contracts relating to water and sewerage works, 1865 - 1882, are among the Town Council’s legal documents.

 

 

F84/1-3

Papers relating to application for Act of Parliament for water and sewerage works.                               3 bundles

 

1864 - 1865

 

F84/4

Draft notices and other papers relating to the proposed works.                                                               1 bundle

 

1864 - 1866

 

F84/5, 6

Sheets from deposited plans, showing line of water pipe through the Townships of Lledrod, co. Denbigh; Cynynion, Upper Porkington and Llanforda, co. Salop.

 

 

[1864]

 

F84/7a

Reports and letters of Gotto & Beesley, 35a Great George Street, Westminster, engineers.               1 bundle

 

1864 - 1865

 

F84/7b

Plan of proposed Works (Town Part).

 

[1866]

F84/7c-f

Plans of proposed Works in Oswestry.

     Scale: 10’ = 1 mile.

 

1866

F84/8

Petition and notices relating to taking of lands. 1 bundle

 

1865 - 1866

F84/9

Correspondence and papers relating to taking of lands.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

1865 - 1869

 

F84/10

Papers relating to mortgages to John Humphreys of Hanley Hall, co. Salop, gent., for securing loans to finance the works.                                              1 bundle

 

 

1865 - 1879

 

F84/11

Papers relating to loans for the purposes of the Act.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

1865 - 1877

 

F84/12

The Mechanics’ Magazine.                                1 bundle

Apr. - May 1865

 

F84/13

Copy of a report of C. Haughton Gill on samples of water.

 

1866

 

F84/14

Correspondence relating to Lord Bradford’s claim for compensation for loss of water at Penybont Mill.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

 

1866 - 1868

 

F84/15, 16

Letters of recommendation and application in respect of the proposed appointment of a turncock.

 

1866, 1867

 

F84/17-19

Letters from Cambrian Railways relating to water supply.

 

1867

 

F84/20

Letter from Borough Surveyor’s Office relating to payment due to F. C. Bugbird for work done and goods supplied.

 

 

9 Oct. 1867

 

F84/21

Delivery note of Charles Jordan, Newport, co. Monmouth, iron and brass founder, for supply of pipes.

 

[1867]

 

F84/22, 23

Notices to owners, in respect of supply of water and construction of drains.

 

1867

 

F84/24, 25

Financial memoranda.

1869, 1870

 

F84/26

Letters from T. E. Minshall, Queen Street Chambers, Wrexham, co. Denbigh, engineer and surveyor, relating to new reservoir.                                                1 bundle

 

 

 

1869 - 1872

F84/27

Tenders for new reservoir, with related letters and papers.                                                              1 bundle

 

 

 

1869

F84/28

Specification of works for completion of reservoir, with related notices, letter and tender.                        1 bundle

 

1870

 

F84/29

Receipts of Thomas Jeynes, contractor, and his sureties, for payments for work done.                              1 bundle

 

1870 - 1871

 

F84/30

Correspondence relating to the bankruptcy of Thomas Jeynes and subsequent failure of his sureties to complete the contract.                                                       1 bundle

 

 

 

1871 - 1873

F84/31

Legal papers relating to the suit against the sureties for damages for non-completion of contract.           1 bundle

 

1872

 

F84/32

Notices, accounts and other papers relating to supply of water to houses in Llwyn Terrace.                      1 bundle

 

1871 - 1874

 

F84/33

Draft specifications of works to be done in completing the reservoir.                                                     1 bundle

 

1873

 

F84/34

Letters from John Ward, Albion Chambers, Oswestry, contractor for public works, with related papers.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

 

1873 - 1875

 

F84/35, 36

Tenders for cleansing the water main from Penygwelly to the reservoir.

 

1873

 

F84/37

Specification of works required at no. 1 reservoir.

1874

 

F84/38

Letter from H. Robert Lawford relating to the slip in the reservoir.

 

11 Sep. 1875

 

F84/39, 40

Report and recommendations of Gotto & Beesley, engineers, relating to construction faults, with copy.

 

11 Feb. 1876

 

F84/41

Papers relating to the rights of owners of Bwlchydongau in Llansilin parish, co. Denbigh, the land being the subject of a grant made in 1867, by the tenant for life, of the right to lay pipes.                                         1 bundle

 

 

 

1882 - 1883

 

 

F85

Water : Oswestry (Corporation) Water and Markets Act 1885                                                           52 items

 

1878 - 1899

 

F85/1

Correspondence and papers relating to land at Tyucha purchased from Thomas Morris for a storage reservoir.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

 

1878 - 1887

 

F85/2, 3

Plans accompanying letter from Gotto & Beesley 13 Oct. 1880, in /1.

 

1880

 

F85/4

Plan and particulars of proposed alteration to water course at Crumpwell.

 

1883

 

F85/5, 6

Tenders for borings at Penygwelly.

1883

 

F85/7

Oswestry (Corporation) Water and Markets Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c.43), and related papers.            1 bundle

 

1884 - 1885

 

F85/8, 9

Letters from Local Government Board relating to the reservoir and sanctions for loans.                      2 bundles

 

1884 - 1899

 

F85/10-12

Letters from Filliter & Rofe, engineering contractors.

                                                                        3 bundles

 

1884 - 1894

 

F85/13

Various letters and papers relating to the construction of Penygwelly reservoir.                                         1 bundle

 

1886 - 1894

 

F85/14

Rough memoranda relating to the reservoir.      1 bundle

[1888- 1892]

 

F85/15-17

Correspondence and papers relating to loans for completion of the works.                                  3 bundles

 

1888 - 1895

 

F85/18

Tenders for construction of reservoir.                1 bundle

1888

 

F85/19

Letters relating to taking of clay for the reservoir.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

 

F85/20

Letters from A. J. Jebb, The Lyth, Ellesmere, co. Salop, relating to taking of stone from his quarry for the reservoir.                                                           1 bundle

 

 

1888 - 1892

 

F85/21

Letters from J. Jevons & Son, contractors.         1 bundle

1888 - 1891

 

F85/22

Correspondence and papers concerning Jevons & Son, their contract, and the arbitration following the dispute about it.                                                             1 bundle

 

 

1888 - 1892

 

     A copy of the contract, 1888, is among the Town Council’s legal documents.

 

 

F85/23

Copy of brief for the Corporation in arbitration before Henry Rofe, civil engineer.

 

[Nov.] 1891

 

F85/24

Copy of instruction as to contract.

1891

 

F85/25

Copy of contract of Jevons & Son.

[1891]

 

F85/26

Copy of analysis of specification.

[1891]

 

F85/27, 28

Copies of deed of reference.

[1891]

 

F85/29

Copy of valuation of timber etc.

[1891]

 

F85/30

Copy of reports of E. J. Thompson, clerk of works.

[1891]

 

F85/31, 32

Copies of award of Henry Rofe.

1 Dec. 1891

 

F85/33

Copy case and opinion of counsel, Henry Spearman, concerning the arbitrator’s award.

 

 

9 Dec. 1891

F85/34

Copies of correspondence 1889 - 1892 in the dispute between Jevons & Son and the Corporation.     1 bundle

 

1891 - 1892

 

F85/35

Letters from W. Holloway Bott, solicitor for Jevons & Son.                                                                  1 bundle

 

1891 - 1892

 

F85/36

Copies of Corporation‘s claim against Jevons & Son.

                                                                         1 bundle

 

[Mar. 1892]

 

F85/37

Copies of claim of Jevons & Son against the Corporation.                                                      1 bundle

 

[Mar. 1892]

 

F85/38

Copy of brief for Mayor and Alderman in motion of Jevons & Son to set aside arbitrator’s award.

 

[Mar. 1892]

 

F85/39

Copies of notice of motion.                                1 bundle

Mar. 1892

 

F85/40

Copies of affidavits.                                           1 bundle

Mar. 1892

 

F85/41

Drafts of briefs, affidavits etc.                           1 bundle

[1891 - 1892]

 

F85/42

Copy of order of court of Queens Bench, in favour of the Corporation.

 

 

28 Apr. 1892

F85/43

Copy of case and opinion of counsel, Henry Spearman, concerning the Corporation’s right to Jevons’ plant following their bankruptcy petition.

 

 

8 Jul. 1892

 

F85/44-46

Letters of complaint about flooding of water and sewage on private properties.

 

 

1891 - 1898

F85/47

Correspondence relating to letting of Crumpwell estate to the Corporation.                                                1 bundle

 

1894

 

F85/48

Returns to circular from Town Clerk of Oswestry to other local authorities, concerning their terms for connecting drains to their sewerage systems and supply of water for users outside their boundaries.        1 bundle

 

 

 

1894 - 1895

 

F85/49

Copy of Borough Surveyor’s report on cost of new water mains.

 

8 Dec. 1894

 

F85/50

Circular letter from Town Clerk of Doncaster concerning the price of water supplied by local authorities to areas outside their boundaries.

 

 

 

Jan. 1895

F85/51

Borough Surveyor’s report on sewage disposal.

19 Oct. 1896

 

F85/52

Letter from the Medical Officer of Health concerning contamination of the water supply.

 

21 Oct. 1897

 

 

F86

Water: Liverpool Acts 1880, 1887                     5 items

1880 - 1902

 

F86/1

Select Committee on the Liverpool Corporation Water Bill: minutes of speech, report.                               1 vol.

 

1880

 

F86/2

Copy of Oswestry petition against Liverpool Water Bill, with related correspondence and papers.             1 bundle

 

1880 - 1882

 

F86/3

Liverpool Corporation Water Works Act 1880 (43 &44 Vict. c.143); minutes of evidence relating to Liverpool Water and Improvement Bill 1887; Liverpool Waterworks and Improvement Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c.167).                                                                   1 vol.

 

 

 

 

 

1880, 1887

F86/4

Liverpool Waterworks and Improvement Bill 1887 and minutes of speech, with related correspondence and papers.                                                              1 bundle

 

 

1886 - 1887

 

F86/5

Letters and memoranda relating to supply of water to Oswestry.                                                          1 bundle

 

1890 - 1902

 

 


F87

Water and Sewerage post 1900                        20 items

1903 - 1963

 

 

     Contracts relating to works, 1908 - 1964, are among the Town Council’s legal documents.

 

 

F87/1

Borough Surveyor’s report on water supply and disposal of sewage, in connection with the proposed purchase of land in Shrewsbury Road.

 

 

4 Apr. 1903

 

F87/2-4

Papers relating to application for a Provisional Order to empower Corporation to purchase land at Tyucha, dispose of other lands, and borrow money, and to the subsequent inquiry.                                          3 bundles

 

 

 

1903 - 1905

 

F87/5

Plan of Tyucha estate.

[c.1903]

 

F87/6

Letter from H. Roberts concerning the sewage works.

 [post 1900]

 

F87/7

Correspondence relating to recurrent flooding at Crumpwell.                                                       1 bundle

 

1920 - 1921

 

F87/8

Papers relating to the opposition of Oswestry Corporation to the Liverpool Waterworks Bill 1920, and withdrawal of the opposition.                             1 bundle

 

 

1920 - 1921

 

F87/9

Map showing reservoir and filter beds in the Borough of Oswestry.

 

 

1921

F87/10

Papers relating to sanction for loan for purchase of refuse pulveriser, for sewage disposal works.     1 bundle

 

1922 - 1923

 

F87/11

Papers relating to sanction for loan for construction of sewers from Whittington Road and Middleton Road to sewage disposal works.                                      1 bundle

 

 

1922 - 1923

 

F87/12

Correspondence relating to consent of Liverpool Corporation to supply of water to houses in Oakhurst Road.                                                                1 bundle

 

 

1927

 

F87/13

Plan showing the area of land involved.

9 Apr. 1927

 

F87/14

Agreements for supply of water to residents of Croeswylan Lane and related schedule, handed over to Oswestry Corporation in consequence of the Salop Review Order 1934.                                           1 bundle

 

 

 

1930 - 1932

 

F87/15

Report of Water Suppliers within the County of Salop with Recommendations by A. H. S. Waters, Birmingham, consulting civil engineer.                  1 vol.

 

 

1946

 

F87/16

Reports on the re-grouping of water undertakings in West Shropshire.                                               1 bundle

 

1961 - 1963

 

F87/17, 18

Plans and sections relating to Hampton Road area drainage scheme.

 

 

Oct. 1963

F87/19

Tender of Whitley Bros. Ltd., Wrexham, relating to same.

 

[1963]

 

F87/20

Memorandum on Oswestry Corporation Waterworks.

undated