To his Majtys: Justices of the Peace for the Com of
Middx Assembled in Court at Hicks's Hall on the first
July 1741.

Petition of Inhabitants
old & New Brentford & the
parishes adjacent to
have Brentford Bridge
built in a Streight line}

The Humble petition of the Inhabitants of Old &
New Brentford & the parishes Adjacent in the County of Middx
on behalf of themselves & the rest of the Inhabitants of that
part of the County & all persons Travelling to & from London
thro' the Great Western Road.

Sheweth

That the Bridge formerly Erected Cross the River
Brent at Brentford being Built in a very Crooked manner
was Exceeding Dangerous & Inconvenient to all
Passengers & by its Narrow turning frequently occasioned
ye Overthrowing of Coaches Chaises Carts Waggons and other
Carriages by which means ye. Lives of Several of his
Majestys Subjects have every year been lost Even three in
one Day & others greatly Endangered.

That your Petrs. observing a New Bridge is now Building
in the Same place & in the Same Crooked Direction as ye
former they beg leave to Represent to your Worships the
great Dangers & Inconveniencys which they have
Constantly observed has happen'd from the manner
in which the former Bridge was Built & which they
Apprehend will still Continually happen to the
Imminent Danger of the Lives of all persons passing over
the Said Bridge if it be Built in the Same form in which
it is now Carrying on.

That your Petrs. Apprehend ye. Said Bridge may very
Easily & at a Moderate Charge to the County be made
Strait Especially as there is provision made for that
purpose by an Act passed the last Session of Parl. for
Repairing & Building of County Bridges And as the Same
might be Erected in a Strait Line if a Small piece of ye.
adjacent Ground was purchased for that purpose.