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COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE EAST RIDING
Catalogue reference: CSR
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This record is about the COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE EAST RIDING dating from 1587-1933.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CSR
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Title (The name of the record)
- COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE EAST RIDING
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1587-1933
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Description (What the record is about)
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Includes commissions 1699-1922; lists of commissioners 1671-1758, oath rolls 1715-1789, court minutes 1647-1788; articles of inquiry 1720; verdicts 1592-1787; presentments and amercements 1716-1785; reports 1602-1880; pains 1587-1774; petitions 1646-1761, traverses 1712-1764; orders, precepts, warrants and appointments 1616-1788; inquisitions 15th century-1662; assessments 1647-1783, accounts 1645-1783; correspondence 1647-1790; miscellaneous documents 1647-c.1755; order books 1662-1944; books of pains 1660-1690, 1709-1847; account books 1785-1930; letter books 1858-1937; miscellaneous volumes 1716-1912; Acts and Bills 1709-1933; assessments and apportionments 1816-1931; legal papers 1789-1885; surveyors' reports 1881-1932; surveyors' letter books 1890-1933; surveyors' cash books 1870-1931
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>East Riding of Yorkshire, Commissioners of Sewers</corpname>
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The East Riding Commissioners of Sewers were created under the terms of the Statute of Sewers 1532 which authorised the appointment of commissioners charged with the drainage of low-lying land liable to flooding. Courts of sewers conducted their business in a judicial manner, before a jury. The work of the Commissioners was concerned with land drainage and embankment. The Commissioners of Sewers were abolished in 1930 as a result of the Land Drainage Act and their functions were transferred to Internal Drainage Boards.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a1b34a90-e1e2-4211-95a0-1ab44adbb009/
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COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS FOR THE EAST RIDING