Norfolk: Acle - 1820-22 - Surveyors' Payments

Each parish after the great Highways Act of 1555 was responsible for the repair of the roads within its boundaries. This Act with later modifications was in force until a new one in 1835.

Every person who occupied land or kept horses etc. had to provide some of the following:- days of labour, carts etc. People who occupied houses and cottages had also to provide labour in some form either as unpaid labour by themselves or others.

In later years this was commuted to a Surveyors' Rate upon the inhabitants which was then spent repairing its highways. The main roads also saw the introduction of turnpike trusts where those that used them paid for their maintenance.

For more information on these records see the Parish Accounts page.

This is one item from Norfolk Record Office document [with the reference PD 164/41 and microform MF962/12] and is from the Surveyors account book (1820-1839) and these are the payments for the years 1820-22.

Other accounts available


- Churchwardens' Accounts -
Rates	1831-2
- Overseers' Accounts -
Rates	1794	1809-10
Payments	1794	1816
- Surveyors' Accounts -
Rates	1820-21	1826
Payments	1820-1822	1827-1836

The Disbursemants of B H Baker Surveyor from Michaelmas 1820 to Michaelmas 1821.

Note that not every item has been transcribed in full.

Date	[Payments]	£	s	d
1820
Oct 11	To Bills and Labour due on Roads	5	4	9
	Journey to Blofield to take presentments		4	0
Nov 27	Expences at Meeting		8	6
Dec 23	Mr Ja^s Neave being the Balance due from the Parish to him	2	7	2
Dec25	Thorpe scraping 301 Rod (*) at 1½d	1	17	7½
1821
Jan 8	Mr Shingles for Gravel	4	10	0
	Oct Appointment		2	6
Feb 9	Mr Dawson	1	2	9
	Goodwin/Goodrum?		2	0
	Liffen 107 Rod at ¾		6	8
Mar 9	Thorpe 40 D^o 1½		5	0
12	Liffen		2	6
20	Dale	2	13	6¾d
23	Liffen 188 Rod at ¾		11	9
	Mr Bane		1	0
Apr 3	Presentments		1	0
9	Liffen		3	9
	D^o turning up mould		1	6
23	Dale 20 Rod at 6d		10	0
	Dale 39 Rod at 3d		9	9
	Dale 12 Rod at 2d		2	0
	Dale 146 Rod at ¾d		9	0½
	Dale 7 Days		7	0
	Liffen 190 Rod at 1½ (Jan 26)	1	3	9
May 25	Dale		9	0
June 1	D^o		6	0
8	D^o		5	6
11	Harper		1	8

		24	9	8¾
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June 15	To Dale		1	6
26	Presentments		1	0
29	Dale		1	6
July 6	D^o		6	0
13	D^o		5	6
Sep 11	Presentments		1	0
23	Mr Pyle		16	6
Oct 7	Mr Moore		15	1
	41 Load Materials at 1/6	3	1	6
	Mr Shingles (Gravel omitted last acct.)	6	6	0
Dec 2	Mr Moore			8
10	Furrence	1	10	3
12	Cash to Mr Wigg 12£ to Mr Start £11.16s.3¼d	23	16	3¼

Note that only extracts have been done for the next set of accounts for 1821-22.

Disbursements of Geo Wigg Surveyor from Michaelmas 1821 to Michaelmas 1822.

Paid for work at the rate of 1/- per day.
Scraping roads at 1½ per Rod and other bills including turning up mould.

Names which occur (some more than once) are Frosdick, Chapman,John Liffen, Gallant,Mr Barnes, Mr Start, Beach for Gravel, Furrence and Russel.

[End of Document]

Notes

A Rod is 5½ yards.