Letter from Edmund Lingard, Undated

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Undated
From Edmund Lingard

Summary

Making the old pound navigable (£117 11s 3d) or cost of new cut (£256 7s 6d)

Verbatim text

The Measure of the Land taken to Widen the Old PoundL 0^A 2^R 10^P
The Contents in Yards and parts and price in Cutting, etc:
Length In Chains 2700: L594
Breadth in Links .21 B 4.62 Contents in Cub: 6392 yards
D 2.33 Cost of Cutting at 3^d: 97^£,,18^s,,6^d
The price of the above Land at 35^£ per Acre: 19..13..9
Total: 117..11..3
The Mesure of a New Cut the land taken: 1^A 2^R 36^P
The Contents i yards and parts and price in cutting, etc, at 3^d per yard
Length in Chains 27,00 Length in yards
Breadth in Links .64 Breadth in parts 11,33 Contents in Cub: 15600 yards
Depth 2.33 Cost in Cutting at 3^d 196&£ 0^s 0^d
The price of the above Land at 35^£ per Acre: 60..7..6
Total £256..7..6
117..11..3
Difference: 138..16..3
Survey'd by E Lingard

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