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Notification of appeal/subpoena, Highworth, Wiltshire

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.3987

Scope and Contents

Letter from Thomas Osler, secretary to the Great Western Railway, to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Highworth, Wiltshire, notifying them of the company's intention to appeal against a poor-rate assessment of 1s in the pound. Enclosing two subpoenas to the quarter sessions at Devizes in January 1843. Wafer seals to subpoenas.

Dates

  • Creation: 19 Dec. 1842-31 Dec. 1842 (Letter (with three further copies of the same) dated 19 Dec 1842, subpoenas dated 31 Dec 6 Victoria [1842])

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Extent

1 collection (paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by the Revd H.P. Hart, M.A., Corpus Christi College, 3 February 1958

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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