HIGHWAYS

Highway Diversion and stopping-up

Q/RH/1/1-6 Writs 'ad quod damnum' and inquisitions as required by Act of 8-9 Wm. III, c.16 (1697) 1726-1779

Q/RH/2/1-280 Justices' orders under 13 George III, cap. 78 (1773) and later, under 55 George III, cap. 68 (1815) for the diversion or stopping-up of highways (including footpaths and bridleways) with relevant depositions, notices, etc., and, in most cases, with plans 1773-1835

Q/RH/2/281-1120 Justices' certificates, under the Highways Act, 1835, 5-6 William IV, cap. 50, with associated papers and plans, as above. Under this procedure Quarter Sessions make the order for diversion or stopping-up, after hearing objections. The procedure is still in use, although to a decreasing extent 1836 onwards

Roads on Parish Boundaries

Q/RH/3/1-21 Orders made by Justices under 34 George III, cap. 64 (1794), and later under 5-6 William IV, cap. 50 (1835) on the application of parish surveyors, apportioning the responsibility for repair of roads which pass along parish boundaries 1806-1877

Highway diversion and stopping-up under special Acts

Q/RH/4/1-2 Orders made by the Justices of Bromley Petty Sessional Division, upon applications by the Orpington Urban District Council under the Orpington Urban District Council Act, 1954, s.14 1957-1958

Q/RH/5/1-5 Orders made by the Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, under the Defence Act, 1842, and the Ordnance Board Transfer Act, 1855 1881-1959

Q/RH/6 Order made by the Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, under the Defence Act, 1860 [notice and letter only] 1864

Highway Dedication

Q/RH/7/1-24 Certificates by Justices, under the Highway Act, 1835, that newly dedicated roads have been made in a substantial manner and of the width required by the Act, with accompanying notices, resolutions, etc. 1862-1894

Highway diversion and stopping-up by Borough Quarter Sessions

Q/RH/8 Certificate by Justices of Margate, deposited with Clerk of the Peace for Kent, in consequence of an error in a notice 1899