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January 1723

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Image 109 of 13515th January 1723


To his Majties: Justices of the Peace for the County of
Middlesex at their Genall Quarter Sessions of the [..]
now holden at Hicks Hall in St John Street in &
for the said County

This is to Certify that in pursuance of an Act of Parliament
made in the second year of the Reign of our Law Sovereign Lord of
Lady King William & Queen Mary intituled an Act for paving &
Cleansing the streets in the Cities of London & Westminster [..]
and Liberties thereof, and out Parishes in the Couty of Middlx
and in the Borough of South wark, and other places within the
Weekly Bill of Mortality, in the County of Surrey,and for
regulating the Marketts therein-mentioned, We whose hands are
hereunto sett, two of his Majties: Justices of the peace for the sd: County
of Middlesex , and both residing within the Tower Division in the
said County, have lately view'd and inspected the East End of an [..]
Street in the Hamlett of Bethnall Green in the Parish of St Dun [..]
Stepney als Stebunheath in the sd: Division & County; and upon
our Said View & Inspection found that part of the East End of the
Street directly leading into Sclater Street in the Said Hamlett, hath
never been paved, the Dimentions of which are as follows (Vizt)
in Length from Eighteen Inches within the Corner of a Yard and
pump house in Anchor Street aforesaid now in the Occupacon or
Tenure of Messrs: Ralph< no role > & James Harwood< no role > of the Parish of St
Leonard Shoreditch in the sd. County Brewers & Copartners, unto the
pavement in the sd: Sclater Street twenty three foot & six Inches, and in
Breadth to the Middle or Channel of the sd: Anchor Street thirteen foot
which in the whole makes, One Red three yards Six foot & thirty
Six Inches Square, which, by reason of the great Decay thereof and
want of good Order therein is almost unpassable to Passeng [..]
and We are Credibly Informed that diverce persons have lately
fallen therein and been almost Imother'd with the Dirt and other
filth thereof; And 'tis our opinion & we do Adjudge that the said
place ought to be paved, to prevent the ill Consequences that may
otherwise attend it, and that the said Messrs: Ralph< no role > & James
Harwood
< no role > ought to pave the same by Order from this Court; All
other parts of the said Anchor street & Sclater Street being allready
paved. Given under our hands this fifteenth day of January
Anno Dni 1722 .

Isaac Tillard< no role >
Sam Benson< no role >




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