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1769
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September
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Shakespear Esquire another of his Majesty's said Justices
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had taken New thereof and that the State and
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Condition thereof would appear by a paper which they
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produced which was then read and is as follows to vizt
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We the underwritten three of his Majesty's Justices of the
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Peace in and for the
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do report to
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this Court the State and Condition of that part of
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Chertsey
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within the said County vizt. That upon a mature
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inspection of the Premisses find them to be in a most
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ruinous Condition and that the Work done 2 Years since
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by Mr. Jepp is in great part blown up and carried away
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by the late great Floods except a few Piles Etc. Particulars
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of which are annexed and are in the possession of the
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Landlady of the Swan Inn at the Foot of the said
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Bridge who carefully employed People to secure them at
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the Expence of £1.3 And We likewise are of Opinion
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that the Chief Reason of its being in so ruinous a condition
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is from the badness of the Work as the Bed of the River
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is 18 feet 4 Inches deep from the Surface of the Land
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and the Piles in general which were there placed do not
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measure 19 feet long so that they have but very few
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Inches in the Bed of the River where they ought to have
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been drove 7 or 8 feet add to which they were pinned
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together with Wood instead of Iron Pins And We also
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find that 160 feet of the Bank leading West from the
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foot of the said Bridge is washed away 22 feet in
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depth at the West end and 6 Feet from the last Pile
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at the foot of the said Bridge great part of which land
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We apprehend is the property of
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Thomas Wood
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. He
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having a Wharf and Warehouse on the said Ground
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and We farther report that the Blockade made to keep
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the Barges from damaging the Piles on the
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side of the Center Arch is intirely parted from its place
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by which means if an other Flood should happen twill
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not only take away the said Works, but greatly endanger
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the abutment of the said Bridge unless speedily prevented
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by a proper repair it being in a most defenceless condition
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