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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/Cab 16/Box 20/1 - 9 (formerly Cab 16 Box 6 Worcester Bridge)
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/12/4/2/2/1
TitleGeneral Correspondence
DescriptionBundles of correspondence to and from the Trustees of the Worcester Bridge. Matters referred to include: building materials, costs, tolls, annuities, rent, interest and loans, pedigrees, notices for removal and of damage caused, parish register extracts, repairs, gas lamps, railways, survey reports etc.

Parties include: Corporation of Worcester, Palmer family, John Glover, Terrett family, Martin family,Nathanial Mence, Hales family, Captain Moorson, T Newnham, Town Clerk, Thomas Harrison, Railway Companies, Gas Light Company, and various other tenants, tradesmen, solicitors and officials etc.

Bundle 1 covers the 1790s to 1830s and relates to Bridge Trustees properties in Bridge Street.
Bundle 2 covers the 1770s - 1800.
Bundle 3 covers the 1800s - 1810s.
Bundle 4 covers the 1820s - 1830s.
Bundle 5 covers the 1840s.
Bundle 6 covers the 1850s.
Bundle 7 covers the 1860s - 1870s.
Bundle 8 covers the 1880s.
Bundle 9 covers the undated documents and the two dating from the 20th century.

There is a large gap between the 1880s and the early twentieth century. Survival of the letters is haphazard at best.
Date1770-1927
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