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Reference code
HIG
Title
Date(s)
- 1836-1849 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
4 volunes
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Name of creator
Administrative history
The Board for the Repair of Highways was established by the Vestry of the Parish of Croydon in March 1836, under the terms of the Highways Act 1835. (This Act abolished statute labour on highways, and permitted the levy of a highway rate.) Its function was to supervise the maintenance of the highways of the parish. The Board had eleven members, or Surveyors; and they employed an Assistant Surveyor (the first being Joseph Willoughby). The Board was superseded when Croydon Local Board of Health was established in 1849.
Repository
Archival history
The two account books were transferred from the Administrative and Legal (now Borough Secretarys) Department in 1990.
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Scope and content
Minute books 1836-1849 and account books 1839-1849
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Conditions governing access
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Description control area
Description identifier
GB-352-hig
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Dates of creation revision deletion
09/06/2015