Northam: Local Board: This Board met at the Vestry Room on Saturday last. This being the first meeting after the election, Messrs. Heywood, Penhorwood, and Lemon, qualified. There were also present A. B. Wren, Esq., and Messrs. W. Pickard, B. Pickard, Bellew, Bassett, Tucker, Cawsey, Cook, and Williams. Mr. Wren was elected Chairman for the ensuing year. Messrs. W. Pickard, Williams, and Cawsey were elected the Finance Committee. — It was resolved that, as the Gas Company had not repaired the roads, the Local Board Surveyor repair them and charge the same to the Company. … … … A letter was read from the Local Government Board respecting the drainage at Westward Ho, stating that all opposition was removed, and the original scheme of Mr. Morgan’s might be carried out. Mr. Williams and other members of the Board said their opposition was not removed, and it was resolved that the Clerk should write letter to the Secretary to know particulars, as it appeared that Mr. Pynsent was in correspondence with the Local Government Board. The Chairman said that Northam was the healthiest place in the division, there being only 13 deaths per 1,000.
[Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams: Tuesday 25th April 1876]
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Referenced
GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887