Notification of appeal/subpoena, Highworth, Wiltshire
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
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