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To his Majtys:
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Justices of the Peace
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for the Com of
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Middx Assembled in Court at
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on the first
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July 1741.
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old &
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parishes adjacent to
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built in a Streight line}
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The Humble petition of the Inhabitants of Old &
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& the parishes Adjacent in the County of Middx
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on behalf of themselves & the rest of the Inhabitants of that
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part of the County & all persons Travelling to & from London
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thro' the Great Western Road.
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Sheweth
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the Bridge
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formerly Erected Cross the River
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Brent at
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being Built in a very Crooked manner
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was Exceeding Dangerous & Inconvenient to all
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Passengers & by its Narrow turning frequently occasioned
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ye Overthrowing of Coaches Chaises Carts Waggons and other
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Carriages by which means ye. Lives of Several of his
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Majestys Subjects have every year been lost Even three in
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one Day & others greatly Endangered.
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That your Petrs. observing a New Bridge is now Building
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in the Same place & in the Same Crooked Direction as ye
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former they beg leave to Represent to your Worships the
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great Dangers & Inconveniencys which they have
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Constantly observed has happen'd from the manner
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in which the former Bridge was Built & which they
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Apprehend will still Continually happen to the
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Imminent Danger of the Lives of all persons passing over
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the Said Bridge if it be Built in the Same form in which
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it is now Carrying on.
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That your Petrs. Apprehend ye. Said Bridge may very
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Easily & at a Moderate Charge to the County be made
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Strait Especially as there is provision made for that
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purpose by an Act passed the last Session of Parl. for
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Repairing & Building of County Bridges And as the Same
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might be Erected in a Strait Line if a Small piece of ye.
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adjacent Ground was purchased for that purpose.
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