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Bedford Level Corporation

 Organization

Biography

The Bedford Level Corporation had land drainage powers and duties.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Bedford Level Corporation: letter book

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3598
Scope and Contents

Copies of letters, mostly initialled 'R. G.' [Richard, Lord Gorges], to or by the following: Robert Mingay, Ralph Peirson, Anthony Ham[m]ond, William Bourne, Mark Le Pla, Richard Shippen, J. Willis, Col. Francis Underwood, William Russell duke of Bedford, Hugh Underwood, Samuel Fortrey, Edward Barber, John Saffery, Peter Dymond, and Isaac Wheeler. fo. 2: list of addresses. fo. 88: blank. Several fos torn out. fo. 1v: 'BL 10608' (in pencil).

Dates: 1672-1673
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Corporation of the Bedford Level: Correspondence and Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5997
Scope and Contents

A series of letters and other papers relating to the Corporation of the Bedford Level.

Dates: 1790-1799
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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