Newton Abbot: Board of Guardians: Wednesday: Present: The Rev. R. R. Wolfe (presiding) Revs. F. S. Wall, J. M. Hawker and T. Kitson, Dr. Barham, Messers. E. Ford etc. … (includes) … … G. Pinsent … Mr. Wade as one of the committee appointed to wait on Mr. Pinsent at Kingsteignton, in reference to the main sewage, which is stopped by order of the Lord Chancellor, an injunction having been obtained for that purpose, stated that a worse drain he never saw, for 150 yards it was neither cemented nor puddled, and consequently would not contain water, and must therefore prove a nuisance. From his conversation with Mr. Pinsent, he feared there was no chance of amicably setting the matter, as that gentleman stated that he must leave it in the hands of his lawyers. It was evidently a nuisance to Mr. Pinsent’s property. The board regretted the necessity for the steps Mr. Pinsent found himself called upon to take …
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Referenced
GRO0369 Hennock: Gilbert Pinsent: 1840 – 1918
GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872 (?)