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- 1682-1841 (Création/Production)
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0.65 linear metres
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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.
'The precinct of St. Katherines nigh the Tower of London' as it is described in the earliest Commission which has been found (1646), is the smallest area to have a separate Commission of Sewers in the neighbourhood of London.
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STKCS 1682-1841 Collection 0.65 linear metres Saint Katherine's Commission of Sewers
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.
'The precinct of St. Katherines nigh the Tower of London' as it is described in the earliest Commission which has been found (1646), is the smallest area to have a separate Commission of Sewers in the neighbourhood of London.
Acquired with the records of its successor body, the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Letters patent appointing Commissioners, 1729-1838; writ authorizing the Commissioners to take an oath, 1837; writs to summon juries, 1795-1837; minutes, 1782-1821; draft presentments and petitions, 1754-1841; minutes of the Court Leet regarding a pledge of the Manor of the Hospital of Saint Katherine by the Tower, 1791; plan of Nightingale Lane level produced in the Court of the Queen's Bench in the case of Saint Katherine's Dock versus Higgs, 1836; lease of a messuage [a portion of land occupied as the site for a dwelling house] and garden from the Master of the Hospital of Saint Katherine to Thomas Pickard, joiner, 1682.
STKCS/1-9: Letters patent; STKCS/10-13: Writs; STKCS/14-15: Minutes; STKCS/16-32: Presentments; STKCS/33: Lease; STKCS/34: Minutes of Court Leet; STKCS/35: Plan.
Available for general access.
Copyright: City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For further records relating to sewers in London please see MCS: Metropolitan Commission of Sewers; PCS: Poplar Commission of Sewers; SKCS: Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers; THCS: Tower Hamlets Commission of Sewers; WCS: Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers; NSJSB: North Surrey Joint Sewage Board; O/080 and O/160: Westminster Commission of Sewers; ACC/2766: Crossness Pumping Station; GCS: Greenwich Commission of Sewers; HLCS: Havering Level Commission of Sewers; HFCS: Holborn and Finsbury Commission of Sewers; RMSB: Richmond Main Sewerage Board; STKCS: Saint Katherine's Commission of Sewers; WVA: Wandle Valley Main Drainage Authority and MBW: Metropolitan Board of Works. For the City of London see CLA/006: City of London Commissioners of Sewers.
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 Waste treatment Sewers Water resources management Water supply Drainage Water resources Sewerage Environmental engineering Sanitation Waste disposal Sewage disposal People People by roles Commissioners Improvement commissioners Health Public health Health policy Saint Katherine's Commission of Sewers Royal Hospital and Collegiate Church of Saint Katharine by the Tower , 1148-1825 St Katherine Docks Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe St Katharine Docks Europe
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Acquired with the records of its successor body, the Metropolitan Board of Works.
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Portée et contenu
Letters patent appointing Commissioners, 1729-1838; writ authorizing the Commissioners to take an oath, 1837; writs to summon juries, 1795-1837; minutes, 1782-1821; draft presentments and petitions, 1754-1841; minutes of the Court Leet regarding a pledge of the Manor of the Hospital of Saint Katherine by the Tower, 1791; plan of Nightingale Lane level produced in the Court of the Queen's Bench in the case of Saint Katherine's Dock versus Higgs, 1836; lease of a messuage [a portion of land occupied as the site for a dwelling house] and garden from the Master of the Hospital of Saint Katherine to Thomas Pickard, joiner, 1682.
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STKCS/1-9: Letters patent; STKCS/10-13: Writs; STKCS/14-15: Minutes; STKCS/16-32: Presentments; STKCS/33: Lease; STKCS/34: Minutes of Court Leet; STKCS/35: Plan.
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Available for general access.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright: City of London.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
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English
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
For further records relating to sewers in London please see MCS: Metropolitan Commission of Sewers; PCS: Poplar Commission of Sewers; SKCS: Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers; THCS: Tower Hamlets Commission of Sewers; WCS: Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers; NSJSB: North Surrey Joint Sewage Board; O/080 and O/160: Westminster Commission of Sewers; ACC/2766: Crossness Pumping Station; GCS: Greenwich Commission of Sewers; HLCS: Havering Level Commission of Sewers; HFCS: Holborn and Finsbury Commission of Sewers; RMSB: Richmond Main Sewerage Board; STKCS: Saint Katherine's Commission of Sewers; WVA: Wandle Valley Main Drainage Authority and MBW: Metropolitan Board of Works. For the City of London see CLA/006: City of London Commissioners of Sewers.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- anglais