Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Minute Books and Other Documents of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis: A.D. 1252 to 1800 : with Extracts and Some Notes : Pub. by Direction of the Mayor (R.N. Howard, Esq., J.P.) and CorporationSherren & Son, 1883 - 223 pages |
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Page 148 - thanked Mr. E. Tucker, Mayor, who at his own cost had repaired the Bridge,
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Page 119 - Thames Well " from the Borough at 2s. per annum. (Tems Well,
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Page 11 - with our bailiffs of the said borough according to the approved customs of the said towns of