Road Maintenance
Title
Road Maintenance
Description
Some records pertaining to road Maintenance and those involved.
Gloucestershire Archives have some limited records of road maintenance from 1895 (ref. DA 35 B33/1):
January, John Partridge - Breaking stone Waterlane Lane
February, Gardiner/Latham/Twissell - Repairing Tunley and Farm Lane
Nathaniel Gardiner - Breaking stone The Frith
March, Gardiner - Repairing Bournes Green
William Latham - Repairing Waterlane
April, Gardiner - Repairing Oakridge
September, Nathaniel Gardiner - Putting in drain Bounce Pool
October, William Latham - Putting in drain at Bounce Pool
November, Gardiner/ Latham - Repairing Lillyhom
Richard Hook - Repairing Moons Lane Plus accounts etc for hauling stone
Gloucestershire Archives also record for 1881 (ref P47 SU 2/1) :
Bisley Surveyors Accounts - payments to labourers for clearing snow.
The Census and other sources also identify some of the locals involved :
Gloucestershire Archives have some limited records of road maintenance from 1895 (ref. DA 35 B33/1):
January, John Partridge - Breaking stone Waterlane Lane
February, Gardiner/Latham/Twissell - Repairing Tunley and Farm Lane
Nathaniel Gardiner - Breaking stone The Frith
March, Gardiner - Repairing Bournes Green
William Latham - Repairing Waterlane
April, Gardiner - Repairing Oakridge
September, Nathaniel Gardiner - Putting in drain Bounce Pool
October, William Latham - Putting in drain at Bounce Pool
November, Gardiner/ Latham - Repairing Lillyhom
Richard Hook - Repairing Moons Lane Plus accounts etc for hauling stone
Gloucestershire Archives also record for 1881 (ref P47 SU 2/1) :
Bisley Surveyors Accounts - payments to labourers for clearing snow.
The Census and other sources also identify some of the locals involved :
Labourers
1861 Census - George Butt aged 45 widower
1871 Census - George Heard aged 42, Mark Dean aged 48, Thomas Smart aged 48, James Wright aged 82 retired
1891 Census - John Wright aged 53, Benjamin Twissell aged 56, William Gardener aged 42
1901 Census - Cornelius Gardiner aged 76 former road labourer (Old Post Office), William Latham aged 56, John Wright aged 63
1911 Census - Jasper Head Young aged 49 (Laurels), George Ivo Phelps aged 47 stone breaker (Little Court)
Road Foreman
1901 Census - Anthony Halliday aged 42 (Bisley Nr the Bear)
Road Surveyor
1871 Census - George Heard road surveyor (Oakridge)
1876 Morris Directory - George Heard inspector of nuisances and surveyor of roads for parish of Bisley
Source
Oakridge History Group
Contributor
Kay Rhodes
Files
Collection
Citation
“Road Maintenance,” Oakridge Archives, accessed April 2, 2023, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/401.