Highweek: Mr. W. S. Pinsent presided at the meeting of the Parish Council: The Sanitary Inspector wrote that he should not be able to attend as he had an appointment elsewhere. The parties that had not yet connected their drains with the main sewer in Highweek Street were to be again written to … A letter from Messrs. Rawlinson and Square, solicitors to Mr. H. St. Maur, was read. It stated that the trees on the bank of the river were being undermined and would shortly be coming down unless a wall was built to prevent it. Mr. St. Maur would give up all right to the trees and the land on which they stood provided the Council would build the wall. If the offer were not accepted the trees would all be cut down. On the motion of Mr. Olver, it was decided that a committee comprising Messrs. Pinsent, Wright, Vicary and Shilston confer with the Urban Council on the matter and bring up a report …
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GRO0911 Devonport: William Swain Pinsent: 1843 – 1920