Catalogue description The Commissioners of Sewers for the levels within the Rapes of Pevensey and Hastings

This record is held by East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)

Details of SWA13
Reference: SWA13
Title: The Commissioners of Sewers for the levels within the Rapes of Pevensey and Hastings
Date: 1846-1928
Related material:

For records 1910, see NRA8 and for 1740-1934, see SRA7. For commissions 1781 and 1801, see AMS 141-144 and 4436. See also A5120/168/1-2

 

For the orders and proceedings of the water court of the Cuckmere Levels 1582-1618, see SAS/G5/48
Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Commissioners of Sewers for levels within the Rapes of Pevensey and Hastings
Subjects:
  • Drainage engineering
Administrative / biographical background:

The jurisdiction of commissioners of sewers derived from letters patent issued under the Statute of Sewers of 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 Cuckmere Catchment Board petitioned for this in 1932

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