Thu 12 Aug 1847
Carpenter: Cleansing, blacking and repairing several lock gates, paddles etc between Siddington and Inglesham. Blacking swivel and high bridges at Kempsford, weather board of shed on Kempsford Wharf, repairing stop planks, wheelbarrows etc, erecting swivel bridge at Thameshead, Repairing cottage floors, door frames etc at Wilmore, Cerney Wick and Inglesham, repairing stable and warehouse at Inglesham, doors and window sashes Kempsford Wharf house etc, Preparing timber from old gate timber for towpath gates, making and erecting them.
Labourers and Watchmen: Mowing and cleansing weeds out of canal, collecting rubbish, cutting bushes, stopping leaks along summit level, cleansing, blacking, piling timber in summit, boring for water at Siddington, repairing towpaths, pointing and plastering various cottages, fencing round tunnel pits Hailey Wood.
Carpenters’ Work: Roof of shed at Bourne Dock Yard, gates, posts and rails near Clewes and Chalford Locks. Repairing Chalford Round House etc, Making and putting up several towpath gates between Brimscombe and Tunnel. Lower Lock gates at Stroud and Bowbridge Locks, Top gates at Wimberly Lock. Repairs at other locks.
Masons: Preparing stone etc for pillars to support roof of shed at Bourne Lock, repairing and pointing walls of house, colouring outside, repairing walls and premises at Lewis’s Wharf, putting up pieces of wall brought down by snow and frost, Daneway Wharf house, Chalford Round House walls, Brimscombe Terrace house.
New wall at Chalford Wharf to uphold towpath. Pitching in Mr George’s dry dock.
Repairing old drains and making new ones to convey water across turnpike into canal basin at Brimscombe, Relaying, pitching a long shed, cutting down hollow quoins etc at Stroud Lock. Repairs to bridges, lock tails etc. Fence above Stroud Wharf and Capels viaduct.
Labourers: Collecting cinders, brick ends etc for repair of towpath between Stroud and Chalford, cutting weeds, clipping hedge mounds, blacking, paling, piling canal bank, fetching loads of gravel from Stroud, etc.
Mr Matthews to give up possession of premises on wharf at Lechlade, to be let as public wharf and house to a tenant.
Mr Archer of Castle Eaton to repair damage done by him to quoin of gate at Maston Round House.
Memorial signed by clergymen and gentlemen of the Parish of Tetbury re permitting house at Thames Head, now occupied by Charles Warburton, to be diverted into a public house. Not in interest of Company.
Side puddling from Thames Head Wharf westward on towpath very leaky. Timber for side piling to be prepared.
Mr Franks to repair swing bridge over canal at Hinton’s Bridge.
Mr Jones to alter present ice boat.
£1006.1.10 for tonnages due from Mr Willson. Explanation of his affairs. He continues to be Company’s Agent under satisfactory arrangement.
