Northam Local Board: This body met on Saturday, A. B. Wren, Esq., J.P., occupied the chair …. (list of attendees) … … The Clerk read the following letter from the Local Government Board respecting a communication sent to them by Mr. T. Pynsent: I am directed by the Local Government Board to transmit to you, for the consideration of the Northam Board, the accompanying copy of a letter which the Board have received from Mr. T. Pynsent, of Westward Ho! with respect to the drainage of that place, and I have to request that the Board may be furnished the observations of the local Board on the subject. At the same time, I am directed to remind you that the Board are desirous of being informed of the decision arrived at by the Local Board with regard to the sewerage of Westward Ho! … (discussion and decision to notify the board of their intent to carry out the resolution agreed to on 8th March 1871 and confirmed December 29th, 1896. – at present they were prevented by floods, etc.) …
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Monday 1st January 1877]
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Referenced
GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887