Catalogue description The Commissioners of Sewers for the Lewes and Laughton Levels

For records of the Commissioners 1626-1938, see SRA6, for plans and maps 1791-1877, see SWA12 and AMS 6164.

Commissioners of Sewers for the Lewes and Laughton Levels

The jurisdiction of commissioners of sewers derived from letters patent issued under the Statute of Sewers 1531. Under the terms of the Land Drainage Act 1930 the powers of the sewer commissioners continued in force as an internal drainage board unless or until the commission was determined by a scheme made and approved under part II of the Act. The powers of the Lewes and Laughton Levels Commissioners were abolished in 1939 and replaced by the River Ouse Catchment Board (internal drainage).