Catalogue description The Commissioners of Sewers for the Rother Levels

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

Details of SWA18
Reference: SWA18
Title: The Commissioners of Sewers for the Rother Levels
Date: [c1831-1844]
Related material:

For records of the Commissioners from 1622, see DAP. For maps of the levels see Kent Archives Office S/Ro, and DAP

Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Commissioners of Sewers for the Rother Levels

Subjects:
  • Drainage engineering
Administrative / biographical background:

The jurisidction 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. Jurisdiction passes to the Rother and Jury's Gut Catchment Board

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