Catalogue description TURTON AND ENTWISTLE RESERVOIR COMMISSIONERS

This collection includes Minute Books; Account Books; Tenders and letters

For further records relating to the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, including plans, sections, correspondence, reports, accounts and estimates, see also records of Joseph Jackson & Sons of Bolton, estate agents, land and mineral surveyors and civil engineers, Bolton Archives References:

ZJA/530/1 - 544/4; 603/1 - 56.

Other records are preserved with the Archives of the Bleachers' Association Ltd, at Quarry Bank Mill, Styal

Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Commission

• Turton, Lancashire
• Entwistle, Lancashire

Under the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir Act of 1832 2 William IV, c. xxiv, Commissioners were appointed for "making and maintaining a Reservoir upon the Bradshaw Brook in the Townships of Turton and Entwistle... for providing a more regular supply of Water in Bradshaw Brook ... and in certain Rivers connected therewith" Eagley, Irwell and Mersey. A further Act of 1838 1 Victoria, c. xxx enabled the Commissioners to raise additional funds for the completion of the project. They continued to administer the Reservoir until 1866, when their powers were transferred to Bolton Borough Council under the provisions of the Bolton Improvement Act of 1864 27 & 28 Victoria, c. cci

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