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<p n="2079">January 1793</p>
<p n="2080">great hollow in the Highway through which at times it was dangerous for<lb></lb>
Houses and Carriages to pass; That Mr. Aisleby having made the Bed for the<lb></lb>
Water wider there has not been any great depth of Water since that time<lb></lb>
but that formerly it has been impossible for Two days together: That there<lb></lb>
was an intention of building a Bridge by Subscription of the Inhabitants of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1743">Hendon</rs>
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and <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1744">Finchley</rs>
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and that a Plan was prepared for that purpose but that the<lb></lb>
contribution was insufficient and therefore that the Plan was dropped that this<lb></lb>
was hardly so much as Seven Years before Mr. Aisleby built <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1745">the Bridge</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
Question: That many Bricks have been taken from off <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1746">the Bridge</rs>
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during the<lb></lb>
last Summer: That in case of heavy Rains the Water is too deep for a<lb></lb>
Washway, but that if <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1747">the Bridge</rs>
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was taken away he does think it would be<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55610_occ860">dangerous:</rs>
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<p n="2081">Mr.Says he remembers what Mr Wilson has related which<lb></lb>
he thinks a just and fair Representation: Believes that there would be<lb></lb>
little danger if <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1748">the Bridge</rs>
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was taken down the Water way being ten times <lb></lb>
wider than it was formerly: That <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1749">the Bridge</rs>
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was built by Mr Aisleby at his<lb></lb>
own expence: That the Water before the building <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1750">the Bridge</rs>
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was impassable<lb></lb>
on the thawing of a deep Snow.</p>
<p n="2082">Mr Jordan, Says that if <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1751">the Bridge</rs>
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was taken away he thinks there<lb></lb>
would be put a very little depth of Water, that since the Channel is so wide<lb></lb>
there is not above Three Inches depth of Water in time of Floods: That<lb></lb>
before the building the present Bridge there was a Foot Bridge which went<lb></lb>
over into Mr Aislebies Grounds which consisted of Two Oak Planks of 20<lb></lb>
Inches wide and a Hand Rail.</p>
<p n="2083"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55610_n2083-1">Master Montague</rs>
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, says he remembers most of the circumstances<lb></lb>
above stated - That he has gone through the greatest part of the year,<lb></lb>
almost dry, at other times that the same has been impassable, That <lb></lb>
Mr Aisleby dug away a great part of the Ground and erected a Dam<lb></lb>
when it was impassable he having in contemplation to erect a Bridge<lb></lb>
which is now ruinous; Thinks that if <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55610_geo1752">the Bridge</rs>
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was taken away<lb></lb>
there would be no danger.</p>
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