Thu 11 Jan 1776
Landowners petition
We whose names are hereunto subscribed being Owners and Occupiers of Lands which have been lately cut thro' for the purpose of making a Canal Navigation from the River Severn to Wallbridge Do hereby declare and certify that the said Cut has been an Improvement and real Service to such of the said Lands that adjoin the said Canal.
Date the 11th January 1776
John Saunders
Benjamin Watkins
Richd Hall
Joseph Sinderby
Ann Morse
James Chapman
Thomas Carter
William Sauders
Elizabeth Partridge
Witness to the Signing Jno Gleave