Handwritten document headed ‘Proofs’
- PART OF:
- Melksham Turnpike Trust
- Made:
- 1800-1899
- part of archive:
- Melksham Turnpike Trust
- maker:
- Moule and Gore, Solicitors
The letter refers to the qualifications of Henry Blandford, surveyor of the Melksham Turnpike Roads, aged 40 and setting out reasons why a 1 in 30 slope bridge would be suitable.
Details
- Extent:
- 1 letter
- Identifier:
- MELK/10
- Transcription:
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Proofs
Henry Blandford of ....... near Devizes - surveyor of the Melksham Turnpike Road - Aged 40
To prove that he [struck through] for about the years 1820 & 24 [struck through] 1821 he worked with his father who was the surveyor of the….. Road & that from that time to the year 1855 he was with Mr McAdam & for the last 1[struck through]8 years of the time he acted as Principal Surveyor under Mr McAdam in the West of England.
That witness was then employed for about a 12 month as an Engineer & Surveyor New York & Baildon Railway since
This he has been. He’s [struck through] now the Surveyor of the Devizes Councils Turnpike Trust - the Boro 1 Ropds of Devizes, the Everleigh Trust & the Melksham Trust - That from his duties in the Melksham Road he has become well acquainted with [struck through] with the same the extent & nature of the traffic on the Melksham Turnpike Trust - the tolls gather of course ..... having been in Law & he having during that time .... of the collecting of them for the Trust - That the tolls are ..... of £1300. That the Road is “…..” Road from London to Bath & Bristol, that there is great traffic at all hours of coaches wagons Many at night ...... if market costs at all low.
That the market at Melksham is well supplied every fortnight with cattle which is sent to all parts of the [struck through] the neighbouring markets & al. (Bristol & London - That he has examined the Plan sheet of the proposed Railway with reference to the ..... ,, & place of crossing the Melksham Road & that there will not be the slightest difficulty of building a Bridge over the Railway & making the approaches ............................ That ...... has also ......... the Plans & Sheets of the proposed Railway where it will pass it to 49 [struck through] 46 & that the [struck through] there will [struck through] is no necessity for making the road at an. incline of 1 in 30 but .............. that the relative .......... of the Road & Railway there will be no difficulty in making the incline of 1 in 30 from the Railway being a cutting, there will be ........ built in making such Road -