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October 1786
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Hounslow
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Heath thro' the said Parishes of
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Twickenham
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Isleworth
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both of which are liable to great Floods on sudden Rains, and over each
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of which a Bridge is built on the Turnpike Road leading from
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Brentford
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aforesaid to the Town of
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Kingston upon Thames
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in the County of Surry, for
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the safety of his Majestys Subjects travelling thereon.
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That formerly, and within the Memory of Man, there was only
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a foot Bridge or Plank over the same for foot Passengers and a Ford for
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Carriages and Houses which was on all Floods either in the said Rivulets, or
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in the Thames, as the said Stream communicates with and runs into it a
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few yards only below the said Ford, as well as on all Spring Tides
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impassable and dangerous
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That about fifty Years ago or thereabouts
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Moses Hart
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the proprietor of an House near the said Ford, at his own expence, erected
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a Timber Bridge for Horses and Carriages over the same, not only for his
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own private convenience but that of the Public in general, who have since
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experienced great benefit thereby
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That in process of Time the said Wooden Bridge became
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much decayed and ruinous & thereupon several public spirited
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Inhabitants in the Neighbourhood of the said Bridge raised a Sum of
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Money by Subscription, and therewith built a brick Bridge of three Arches
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in lieu of the Timber Bridge which by a Sudden Inundation about two
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Years ago was blown up and rendered intirely useless, one of the Piers
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being undermined by the flood and consequently the Arch fallen in and
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since the Side walls and Abuttments and the other Arch are so much decayed
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and damaged that is in the opinion of Mr. Payne an able Architect (who has
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been consulted and has surveyed it accurately) impossible to repair it, or at
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least very unadvisable to attempt it, particularly as the situation of it, being
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just at a sudden sharp turn of the Stream where consequently there is in flood
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times a violent Eddy, which appears to have been the Chief Cause of the late Bridge
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being destroyed as aforesaid requires the Situation of it to be removed nearer
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to the Thames to avoid that Evil in future.
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