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<p n="613"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">1769<lb></lb>
September</note>
Shakespear Esquire another of his Majesty's said Justices<lb></lb>
had taken New thereof and that the State and<lb></lb>
Condition thereof would appear by a paper which they<lb></lb>
produced which was then read and is as follows to vizt<lb></lb>
We the underwritten three of his Majesty's Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace in and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55605_geo535">County of Middlesex</rs>
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do report to<lb></lb>
this Court the State and Condition of that part of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55605_geo536">Chertsey</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55605_geo537">Bridge</rs>
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within the said County vizt. That upon a mature <lb></lb>
inspection of the Premisses find them to be in a most<lb></lb>
ruinous Condition and that the Work done 2 Years since<lb></lb>
by Mr. Jepp is in great part blown up and carried away<lb></lb>
by the late great Floods except a few Piles Etc. Particulars<lb></lb>
of which are annexed and are in the possession of the<lb></lb>
Landlady of the Swan Inn at the Foot of the said<lb></lb>
Bridge who carefully employed People to secure them at<lb></lb>
the Expence of £1.3 And We likewise are of Opinion<lb></lb>
that the Chief Reason of its being in so ruinous a condition<lb></lb>
is from the badness of the Work as the Bed of the River<lb></lb>
is 18 feet 4 Inches deep from the Surface of the Land<lb></lb>
and the Piles in general which were there placed do not<lb></lb>
measure 19 feet long so that they have but very few<lb></lb>
Inches in the Bed of the River where they ought to have<lb></lb>
been drove 7 or 8 feet add to which they were pinned<lb></lb>
together with Wood instead of Iron Pins And We also<lb></lb>
find that 160 feet of the Bank leading West from the<lb></lb>
foot of the said Bridge is washed away 22 feet in<lb></lb>
depth at the West end and 6 Feet from the last Pile<lb></lb>
at the foot of the said Bridge great part of which land<lb></lb>
We apprehend is the property of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55605_n613-3">Thomas Wood</rs>
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. He<lb></lb>
having a Wharf and Warehouse on the said Ground<lb></lb>
and We farther report that the Blockade made to keep<lb></lb>
the Barges from damaging the Piles on the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55605_geo538">Middlesex</rs>
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side of the Center Arch is intirely parted from its place<lb></lb>
by which means if an other Flood should happen twill<lb></lb>
not only take away the said Works, but greatly endanger <lb></lb>
the abutment of the said Bridge unless speedily prevented<lb></lb>
by a proper repair it being in a most defenceless condition</p>
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