By Adjornmt. on Thursday the 3d. day of June 1742 .

Order for confirming
Report and Contracts
concerning Brentford
Bridge, and for
paymt. of £10. by the
County Treasurer to
Mr. Crisp}

Whereas Sr. Joseph Ayloffe< no role > Houlding Bart. & James
Clitherow Esqr . two of his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the peace for
this County being of the Committee for inspecting the
progress of the works carrying on in Order to finish the
new building of Brentford Bridge in the Said County have
by their Report in writing bearing date this third day
of June instant reported unto this Court That pursuant
to an Order of Sessions dated the twenty ninth day of
April last [..] they have [..] proceeded to consider in
what manner the top of Brentford Bridge Should be paved, and at
what price the Same might be performed, and for that purpose
have received two proposals the one of Mr. Charles Marquand
and the other of Mr. John Wilkins< no role > , whereupon the Said two
Justices of the peace have directed that the Said pavement
Should begin at the corner of a Timber house belonging
to Mr. Kidwell at the end of the Bridge next Isleworth
and be carryed on as farr into New Brentford as will
make the Slope from the Said Bridge easy, taking up Such
old pavement as is now there and using the Same as farr
as it will go, And that they have like wise directed that
causeway Should be carryed on from the Said Mr.
Hidwells house quite cross the Road to the Footway runing
by the opposite houses in lieu of Flight of Slops which
formerly led from off the Old Bridge for the use of those
houses, And have directed that the Said Bridge Should be
paved with Guernsey Pebbles pick & as near as possible of
the Same Size to be from ten to nine inches pitch, and none
under, and that the Footway Should be five foot wide and
laid with purbeck Squares Six inches deep at least, And that
Mr. John Wilkins< no role > Paviour being the cheapest Proposer they
have agreed with him liable to the approbation of the Sessions
at the rate of five Shillings and two pence per yard for the
Guernsey and four Shillings and Six pence for the Purbeck
pavement, workmanship & gravel included, he keeping
the Same in repair at his own expence for the first three
years, and have agreed with him for his keeping the
Same in repair afterwards for eighteen years at the rate
of one pound P year for every one hundred yards, And
that they have Ordered Mr. Marquand to erect Fence Posts
from ten to twelve inches Square at the Avenues and
Angles of the Bridge , and to Pitch their heads, and to rail
off the Footway with Posts & rails, the great posts nine
inches Square, the [..] Small Posts Seven inches by five,