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Detailed minutes of Feoffees chamber meetings. Regular items include: management of land and properties, leases and financial affairs, settlement of disputes, grants, individual gifts and support for local institutions and services like the water supply.
Many payments to support poor and needy, purchase of meat and vegetables for soup kitchen. Much sickness and December 1869 had severe weather and coal and blankets supplied.
Barn conversion to 2 cottages at Buddlehayes for labourers.
Requests for “soft water” as a result of “losses from fire”.
Plans for supplying water to various points in the town.
£4 given to Restorick to send children to America

Years: 1867 – 1871

Pages: 20

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