| Description | LETTER (draft) from (J. Stephens) to an official of the Duchy Office, with particulars of the rents and profits enjoyed by Lord Cholmondeley under his lease of the Manors of HALTON and WIDNES, and of WIDNES MOOR, prior to a renewal of his lease; comments on the state of the Court House at Halton, which is in bad repair - Lord Cholmondeley hopes that the Duchy will make the necessary orders at the expense of the Crown; he considers that a survey will be necessary to furnish particulars about copyhold lands - a search in the Court Books at Halton proved a "fruitless .. undertaking"; states that Mr. Hurst bases his claim to land enclosed by him in the Manor of WIDNES on the fact that it was "brought by the Tide" - it was previously used by the inhabitants as a common pasture, and if they are now debarred this will reduce the annual value of WIDNES MOOR by £10. Paper. |