Collectie PCS - POPLAR COMMISSION OF SEWERS

Identificatie

referentie code

PCS

Titel

POPLAR COMMISSION OF SEWERS

Datum(s)

  • 1629-1847 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Omvang en medium

1.63 linear metres

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

On 18th January 1600 a Commission of Sewers was issued to Sir John Picton and others 'for serten lymitts betwene Lymehouse and Blackwall'. The Commission for 1620 was for 'Stebenheath alias Poplar Marsh', and this with some verbal variations was used for most of the later Commissions.

Early Commissioners of Sewers were solely concerned with land drainage and the prevention of flooding, not with the removal of sewage in the modern sense. In 1531 an Act of Sewers was passed which set out in great detail the duties and powers of Commissioners and governed their work until the 19th century. Gradually a permanent pattern emerged in the London area of seven commissions, five north and two south of the Thames, with, after the Great Fire, a separate commission for the City of London. The London commissioners had more extensive powers than those in other parts of the country; they had control over all watercourses and ditches within two miles of the City of London as well as newly constructed drains and sewers. After 1800 the London commissioners also obtained powers to control the formation of new sewers and house drains.

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PCS 1629-1847 Collection 1.63 linear metres Poplar Commission of Sewers

On 18th January 1600 a Commission of Sewers was issued to Sir John Picton and others 'for serten lymitts betwene Lymehouse and Blackwall'. The Commission for 1620 was for 'Stebenheath alias Poplar Marsh', and this with some verbal variations was used for most of the later Commissions.

Early Commissioners of Sewers were solely concerned with land drainage and the prevention of flooding, not with the removal of sewage in the modern sense. In 1531 an Act of Sewers was passed which set out in great detail the duties and powers of Commissioners and governed their work until the 19th century. Gradually a permanent pattern emerged in the London area of seven commissions, five north and two south of the Thames, with, after the Great Fire, a separate commission for the City of London. The London commissioners had more extensive powers than those in other parts of the country; they had control over all watercourses and ditches within two miles of the City of London as well as newly constructed drains and sewers. After 1800 the London commissioners also obtained powers to control the formation of new sewers and house drains.

Acquired with the records of its successor body.

Records of the Poplar Commission of Sewers, including Letters Patent appointing Commissioners, 1702-1837; writs and warrants, 1662-1847, including writs authorizing the Commissioners to execute their office faithfully, writs discharging certain Commissioners from their duties, writs to summon juries and warrants for collection of rates; registers of orders and decrees, 1629-1847; out letter book, 1828-1843; financial accounts and rate books, 1780-1847; New Testament belonging to the Commissioners, 1797; reference book listing owners and occupiers, 1817; and maps and plans of Poplar showing sewers and levels of land.

PCS/1-13: Letters Patent; PCS/14-62: Writs and Warrants; PCS/63-68: Registers; PCS/69: Correspondence; PCS/70-78: Financial; PCS/79-80: Printed Items; PCS PR/1-5: Maps and Plans.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

Some registers unfit for access, please use microfilm X88/8-9.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For the original Commissions of Sewers see The National Archives Crown Office Docquet Books, reference Ind. 4208 and Ind. 4211.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Drainage Water resources Sewerage Engineering Maintenance Environmental engineering Sanitation Waste disposal Sewage disposal People People by roles Commissioners Improvement commissioners Health Public health Water supply Water resources management Sewers Waste treatment Health policy Poplar Commission of Sewers Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe Poplar Europe

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Acquired with the records of its successor body.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Records of the Poplar Commission of Sewers, including Letters Patent appointing Commissioners, 1702-1837; writs and warrants, 1662-1847, including writs authorizing the Commissioners to execute their office faithfully, writs discharging certain Commissioners from their duties, writs to summon juries and warrants for collection of rates; registers of orders and decrees, 1629-1847; out letter book, 1828-1843; financial accounts and rate books, 1780-1847; New Testament belonging to the Commissioners, 1797; reference book listing owners and occupiers, 1817; and maps and plans of Poplar showing sewers and levels of land.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

PCS/1-13: Letters Patent; PCS/14-62: Writs and Warrants; PCS/63-68: Registers; PCS/69: Correspondence; PCS/70-78: Financial; PCS/79-80: Printed Items; PCS PR/1-5: Maps and Plans.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Available for general access.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Copyright: City of London.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

For the original Commissions of Sewers see The National Archives Crown Office Docquet Books, reference Ind. 4208 and Ind. 4211.

Toegangen

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

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Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

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    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik