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KINGS WEIR and KINGS
WEIR LOCK
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Lock |
State |
Date |
Length |
Length - Working Distance |
Width |
Fall |
Removed or bypassed |
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Kings Weir |
Extant |
1741 |
~ |
~ |
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10' 0'' |
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Kings Weir Lock |
Built |
1780 |
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1806 |
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Kings Weir Lock |
Rebuilt |
1806 |
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1833 |
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Kings Weir (to Old River Lea) |
Rebuilt |
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~ |
~ |
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The weir marks the junction
of the Old Barge River course and the 1767 channel of the Lee
Navigation. A residence was provided for the weir keeper.
On 26th December
1767, the Trustees approved Henry Holland of Half Moon Street,
Piccadilly….Bricklayer” to carry out “the Bricklayer’s work faced with
Grey Stock Bricks and Backt with the same kind of Bricks or hard Kiln
burnt Bricks for the sum of Eight pounds and fifteen shillings a rod”
for the “locks and other works” on “the cut from King’s Weir to the
West tail stream of Messieurs Walton’s Mills near Waltham”
At a meeting on 13th
January 1768, the Trustees also approved that Jeremiah Illsley of
Hackney, Brickmaker, should dig “the cut from King’s Weir to the tail
stream of Messieurs Walton’s Mills near Waltham” for “threepence a yard”
(NA Rail 845/4)
3.11.1779 Mr Edgerly
do repair the locks in Waltham Cut....for the sum of £112" (NA
Rail 845/51)
22.10.1781 “The Collectors
House at Kings Weir to be repaired” (NA
Rail 845/6)
On 8.12.1783 “it is ordered
that the Clerk take the necessary steps for finding out and prosecuting
the thieves who broke into the Collector’s House at Kings Weir and for
obtaining the King’s Pardon advertised in the Gazette for any accomplice
or Accomplices And that this trust do offer a reward of ffifty pounds
including the the twenty pounds already offered by the Surveyor” (NA
Rail 845/6)
15.6.1785 “do prosecute
Alexander Hogan (now in custody) for breaking the Barr of the lock at
Kings Weir at the next General Quarter Sessions” ((NA Rail 845/6)
30.11.1785 “Also at this
meeting a Complaint having been made by Desire of Sir Abraham Hume,
Baronet, that the Collector at Kings Weir Fishes within the Manor of
Wormley under Pretence of Sir Abraham Hume’s Ancestor having sold his
Fishery to this Trust, it is resolved that the said Collector be not
countenanced by this Trust and it is ordered that he do not interrupt Sir
Abraham Hume or any Person under him fishing in these waters. Also that
the Surveyor to this Trust do order the said Collector and all other
Servants of this Trust not to fish anywhere. (NA Rail 845/6)
26.8.1769 "...ordered that
the Lock opposite Kings Weir be repaired to prevent any Waste of Water
thro' ye same" (NA Rail 845/52)
12.3.1794 It was recorded
that “some Bargemen or other evil disposed person hath lately damaged
one of the Lock gates on the Navigation between Kings Weir and Waltham
by laying a Stone at the pointing thereof. It is ordered that a Reward
of Five Guineas be offered by Hand Bills to any person who shall give
information of the above offence, so that the offender may be convicted
thereof.” (NA Rail 845/7)
On 26.10.1820 a minute
recorded that “It is ordered that a Bell be put up at the Top of Kings
Weir Collector’s House to be rung at anytime upon the approach of any
thieves or offenders”
 
LMA ACC 2423
A plan and transverse
section of the weir drawn 28th February 1851
A lock was built in 1780,
possibly rebuilt following a minute of 29.8.1804 (NA Rail 845/7), but it
was disused and opened in 1833 after the river was deepened from
Carthagena Lock. One side of the old lock was removed in a stoppage on
15.5.1849 (NA Rail 845/13)
On
20.4.1883, the weir house was insured for
£50 (NA Rail 845/23). Also in that year a new cottage was proposed
but not built.
LMA ACC 2423/P025
Then. in August
1886, a
new weir keeper's cottage was designed, which is, basically, the house
that stands at the weir today
LMA ACC 2423/P025
Kings Weir with the Weir
House to the left, c 1925.
Arthur Newton, the
weir keeper from
The view upstream, with the shed containing recording equipment.
1946 to 1971, fishing at the Weir
c 1965
(Mrs Barbara
Newton)
(Tony Newton)
Kings Weir
(and Kings Weir Lock)
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Census/Date |
Name |
Title |
Wife |
Location
given by enumerator/Comments |
Source Reference |
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1977 - 1993 |
Walter (Bill) Newton |
Weir Keeper |
Moved from Stanstead Lock (son of A E Newton) |
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15.1.1950 |
Herbert George Debenham |
Relief Weir keeper |
Started at £4.15.0. Lived at 43 High
Road, Wormley.; Still employed
2.8.1950 at £4.18.6. Last rate quoted £7.14.11 (no date) |
LCB Records |
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10.1946 |
A E Newton |
Weir keeper |
Appointed ex Enfield Lock ; £4.15.0 n.d.;
£4.18.6 on 2.8.1950; last recorded r.o.p £7.19.11 plus on call
allowance 5/- pw; |
LCB Records |
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23.7.1946 |
H T Snook |
Weir keeper |
Died this day, aged 55, in
Board’s service for 13 years. His pay was £3.15.0 with
uniform. A compassionate grant of £20 was made to his widow |
NA Rail
845/127 |
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1939 |
Henry Thomas Snook (b. 22.6.1891) |
Weir keeper |
Florence W b. 27.8.1902 |
1939 Register |
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1.4.1939 |
H T Snook |
Weir keeper |
To £1.10.0 |
NA Rail
845/123 |
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1.4.1938 |
H T Snook |
Weir keeper |
£1.7.0 to £1.9.0 |
NA Rail
845/122 |
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1.4.1937 |
H T Snook |
Weir keeper |
£1.5s to £1.7s (inc house and
garden) |
NA Rail
845/121 |
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21.6.1933 |
Henry Thomas Snook (42) |
Weir keeper |
22 years with Royal Navy, married
Appointed at 25/- per week with house and uniform |
NA Rail
845/117 |
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23.6.1933 |
James Peckham (68) |
Weir Keeper |
Complained of the unsatisfactory
state of his health. 25/- per week and house garden and
uniform. 30 years and 4 months service. No dependants.
Retired with 10/- per week (inc OAP).
Died 1.3.1935 |
NA Rail
845/117
NA Rail
845/119 |
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24.4.1925. War Department have
installed a telephone in Weir keeper’s house. From record of
“strenuous duties at flood times” the Weir keeper be paid by
the War Department, £1 per quarter in recompense” Approved by
Conservancy (NA Rail 845/109) |
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14.11.1919 |
T Peckham |
Weir keeper |
25/- + house, garden, and uniform
|
NA Rail 845/46 |
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15.2.1918 |
T Peckham |
Weir keeper |
20/- per week |
NA Rail 845/66 |
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1.12.1919 |
J Peckham |
Weir keeper |
£2 war bonus |
NA Rail 845/43 |
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4.3.1915 |
J Peckham |
Lock keeper |
+2/- per week |
NA Rail 845/42 |
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14.2.1913 |
J Peckham |
Weir keeper |
Appointed. (met with an accident
to his knee some time since whilst steering one of our barges -
C Tween) |
NA Rail 845/40
LMA/ACC 2423/013 |
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14.2.1913 |
J Campkin |
Weir keeper |
Transferred to Hertford Lock |
NA Rail 845/40 |
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2.4.1911 |
John Campkin (59) |
Weir keeper |
Charlotte |
Slence House Wormley Broxbourne Hertfordshire |
RG14PN7470 RG78PN361 RD133 SD1 ED8 SN203 |
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8.1.1909 |
John Campkin (56) |
Weir keeper |
Appointed (worked for H Page for
35 years, been a bargeman all his life)
(Originally applied 15.12.1905 for post at
Waltham Common Lock, then quoted as "married, two children, at
home, youngest child 10 years, worked for Messrs H Page & Co for
the past 20 years...)) |
NA Rail 845/36
LMA/ACC 2423/009 |
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8.1.1909 “William Campkin….died
on 18th November 1908 aged 70..married on 4th
November 1907, a young woman who is now aged 30.” “A gratuity
of £10 be granted to the widow, on condition that she leaves the
house almost immediately…” (NA Rail 845/35) |
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11.1.1907 |
William Campkin |
Weir keeper |
Suspended from duty for damage
and negligence. Severely reprimanded with loss of wages |
NA Rail 845/34 |
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Reported: “That this path was
very seriously damaged by flood water being allowed to rise
considerably above its proper level on the 17th
December 1906, a length of about 30ft of the path being washed
into the adjoining marsh and two of the new GPO telegraph poles
being washed down, and that repairs to the path, &c., were being
carried out, the estimated cost being £40 to£50. Also reported
“That the damage was caused through the negligence of weir
keeper W Campkin, and that this man had been suspended from duty
(with loss of pay) and another man placed in charge of the
weir.” Campkin had been severely reprimanded and warned that
such neglect in future would lead to dismissal. (NA Rail
845/44) |
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13.1.1905 |
Letter from W Campkin stating that his daughter refuses to keep
house for him at kings Weir and says that Mrs Turner (widow of
the late weir keeper) has consented to keep house for him. |
LMA ACC 2423/009 |
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16.12.1904 |
William Campkin (66) |
Weir keeper |
Bargeman to Mr H Ryden for 35
years appointed but with no claim to a pension |
NA Rail 845/31 |
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18.11.1904 |
W Turner (56) |
Weir keeper |
Deceased. (£20 grant to Mrs
Turner, 54, "a very respectable woman" (C Tween LMA ACC 2324/008) |
NA Rail 845/31 |
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31.3.1901 |
William Turner(52) |
Weir keeper |
Emily |
Kings Weir |
Wormley/1/33 |
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3.10.1891 |
William Turner (41) |
Weir keeper |
Appointed at 15/- per week and
cottage. 6.11.1891"He was not able to commence his duties ....Mrs
Norton not having got out of the house." (J Child) |
NA Rail 845/26
LMA ACC 2423/004 |
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25.9.1891 |
Harry Norton |
Weir keeper |
Drowned. 7/- per week to widow,
to leave house within 1 month. £5 Funeral expenses |
NA Rail 845/26 |
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5.4.1891 |
Henry Norton (48) |
Weir keeper |
Martha |
Kings Weir |
Wormley/1/29 |
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27.9.1889 |
H Norton |
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10/- per week up to 15/- per week |
NA Rail 845/24 |
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9.12.1887 |
Henry Norton |
Weir keeper |
Appointed |
NA Rail 845/24 |
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9.12.1887 |
Daniel Norton |
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Deceased. Sum of £5 paid towards
the funeral |
NA Rail 845/24 |
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23.7.1886 |
Daniel Norton |
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* see below |
NA Rail 845/24 |
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On the removal of Norton snr to
the infirmary, the allowance of 5/- for assistance had been
discontinued |
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20.4.1883 |
Daniel Norton |
Lock keeper |
Served 41 years (appointed 1841)
15/- per week |
NA Rail 845/23 |
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4.4.1881 |
Daniel Norton (76) |
Weir keeper |
~ |
Kings Weir bank of River Lea |
Wormley/1/4 |
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4.4.1881 |
Henry Norton (38) |
Weir keeper |
Martha |
Kings Weir bank of River Lea |
Wormley/1/4 |
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14.7.1878 An allowance of an
additional 5/- per week to enable Norton to procure assistance
in his work (NA Rail 845/21) |
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12.4.1878 A doctors bill for
£1.7.6 for attending Norton’s hand which was injured by one of
the weir gates (NA Rail 845/21) |
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2.4.1871 |
Daniel Norton (65) |
Weir keeper |
Susannah |
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Wormley/1/22 |
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8.4.1861 |
Daniel Norton (54) |
Lock keeper |
Susanah |
Lock House |
Wormley/1/25 |
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20.2.1857 |
Page who attended to this Weir, having now
left, I have put it into charge of D Norton who lives in the
adjacent house...Page had 19/- per week and Norton will be glad
to accept the same, and do such repairs to the banks andtowing
path as may be required; of course having his tenancy free..... |
NA Rail 845/14 |
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15.3.1856 |
John Page |
His request to remain in the King's Weir
House be not granted |
NA Rail 845/14 |
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17.11.1855 |
John Page |
Weir keeper |
10/- per week |
NA Rail 845/14 |
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21.10.1854 |
John Page |
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15/- per week |
NA Rail 845/14 |
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30.3.1851 |
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Susanah Norton (54) |
Kings Weir |
Wormley/1/12 |
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7.6.1841 |
Daniel Norton |
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Appointed weir keeper |
NA Rail 845 |
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7.6.1841 |
William Curtis (45)
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Carpenter |
Elizabeth |
Kings Weir |
Wormley/4/4 |
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16.6.1840 |
John Page |
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Kings Weir Tumbling Bay at 15/-
per week |
NA Rail 845/12 |
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16.10.1838 |
James King |
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Appointed |
NA Rail 845/11 |
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16.10.1838 |
William Cundall |
Lock keeper |
To Carthagena |
NA Rail 845/11 |
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16.8.1831 |
William Cundall |
Lock keeper |
Appointed |
NA Rail 845/10 |
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16.12.1828 |
William Catlin |
Lock keeper |
Appointed ex Waltham Common |
NA Rail 845/10 |
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18.1.1821 |
James Waterman |
Lock keeper |
Appointed |
NA Rail 845/9 |
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18.1.1821 |
John Reason |
Lock keeper |
Resigned |
NA Rail 845/9 |
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28.10.1819 |
John Page |
Collector |
Be appointed Collector ….in place
of his Father John William Page deceased |
NA Rail 845/9 |
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28.10.1819 |
John William Page |
Collector |
Deceased |
NA Rail 845/9 |
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25.4.1816 |
John Reason |
Lock keeper |
To answer charges of neglect of
duty |
NA Rail 845/9 |
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25.4.1816 |
William Page |
Collector |
To answer charges of neglect of
duty |
NA Rail 845/9 |
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10.10.1811 |
John Reason |
Lock keeper |
Of Ware, Labourer, appointed |
NA Rail 845/8 |
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10.10.1811 |
James Barton |
Lock keeper |
Removed to Old Ford |
NA Rail 845/8 |
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10.10.1811 “it
appearing that the Collector and Lock keeper at Kings Weir do
not agree in discharging their duties…James Barton….be removed…”
(NA Rail 845/8) |
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31.3.1802 |
James Barton |
Walksman |
Of Ware, appointed |
NA Rail 845/7 |
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31.3.1802 |
Thomas Whitehead |
Lock keeper |
“being old and infirm, to resign” |
NA Rail 845/7 |
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15.6.1785 "The Clerk and Surveyor...do prosecute Alexander Hogan
(now in custody) for breaking the barr of the lock at Kings
Weir... NA Rail 845/6) |
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30.3.1782 “The Surveyor to
purchase for this Trust the Fixtures and Fittings left by the
late collector at Kings Weir amounting in value to about four
pounds” (NA
Rail 845/6) |
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7.5.1781 |
Thomas Dale |
Collector |
"of the Town of Hertford,
Gardener "Appointed in the place of.... |
NA Rail 845/5 |
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7.5.1781 |
....John Duffin |
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Resigned |
NA Rail 845/5 |
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6.3.1780 “Collector should have
increased wages of three shillings a week to enable them to
give up the whole of their time to the Service of the Trust” (
NA Rail
845/5) |
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3.11.1779 John
Duffin be discharged from looking after the Cutt between Kings
Weir and Waltham his Contract for the same having been
long expired (NA Rail
845/51) |
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26.7.1779 |
John Duffin |
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From Kings Weir to Waltham at £35
per annum |
NA Rail 845/5 |
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18.12.1775 |
John Duffin |
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To look after from his weir to
Waltham at £35 per year. Agreed
for the term of three years |
NA Rail 845/5 |
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14.1.1772 “John Duffin, the
Collector at Kings Weir….do look after the Navigation from Kings
Weir to the end of Waltham Cutt…be paid Two Shillings a week…and
that all other persons having the care of that Part…be forthwith
discharged” (NA Rail 845/4) |
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31.7.1767 |
John Duffin |
Collector |
Cordwainer of Hertford, appointed |
NA Rail 845/50 |
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31.7.1767 |
John Randall |
Collector |
Resigned |
NA Rail 845/4 |
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15.7.1767 |
John Randall |
Collector |
Staymaker of Hertford, appointed |
NA Rail 845/50 |
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