NORTHAM Local Board: This body met on Saturday, A. B. Wren, Esq., J.P. occupied the chair … 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 with 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! … (continues) … (elsewhere) … Westward Ho! Drainage Question: Another Disorderly Meeting: … The Chairman produced a letter from Mr. Pynsent, and asked whether he had the better read it – An excited discussion ensued, and, upon being put to the meeting in the form of a resolutions, it was resolved, by a majority, to read the letter, the purport of which was the Mr. Pynsent objected to the cutting of the dyke, as it would result in the formation of a number of cess pits all along the length of the dyke. …
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GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887