Who should pay for repairs to the Leek Road? A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook

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Date:2nd of March 1790

Description:Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood acted as a Church Warden in Cobridge.

In 1790, Parliament passed a new act that required a survey of Wood's parish to be undertaken.

This was to find out who should pay for repairs to the route between Leek and Newcastle, which is today served by the A53.

Wood therefore received this letter, asking him to supply the relevant figures:

"YOU are required within Seven Days of the Date hereof, to give me in Writing a True List of all and Singular the Inhabitants living within your said District AND ALSO a true and exact account of what he, she, or they is or are charegable with, for and towards the Repairs of the said Highways, specifying each persons Rent (as near as you can) of what Land they occupy in your said District, and likewise of what each Person rents or occupies in any other township under Fifty Pounds a Year, and each Person that Rents or Occupies Land, to the amount of any of the following Sums, is charged in the the present Act of Parliament as follows."

Any man occupying land worth £300 per annum was to be charged with paying for 6 teams and 12 men to repair the roads.

  • £290 - 5 teams and 14 men

  • £280 - 5 teams and 13 men

  • £270 - 5 teams and 12 men

  • £260 - 5 teams and 11 men

  • £250 - 5 teams and 10 men

  • £240 - 4 teams and 12 men

  • £230 - 4 teams and 11 men

  • £220 - 4 teams and 10 men

  • £210 - 4 teams and 9 men

  • £200 - 4 teams and 8 men

  • £190 - 3 teams and 10 men

  • £180 - 3 teams and 9 men

  • £170 - 3 teams and 8 men

  • £160 - 3 teams and 7 men

  • £150 - 3 teams and 6 men

  • £140 - 2 teams and 8 men

  • £130 - 2 teams and 7 men

  • £120 - 2 teams and 6 men

  • £110 - 2 teams and 5 men

  • £100 - 2 teams and 4 men

  • £90 - 1 team and 6 men

  • £80 - 1 team and 5 men

  • £70 - 1 team and 4 men

  • £60 - 1 team and 3 men

  • £50 - 1 team and 2 men

  • £40 - 1 team and no men

  • £30 - 1 team and no men

  • £20 - 1 team and no man

  • £10 - 1 team and no men

  • £5 - 1 team and no men



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