| Description | Depositions dated 2 March 1871 of Richard Abbot of Forcett Quarry foreman, Thompson Richardson of Barnard Castle in county Durham solicitor and secretary to The Forcett Limestone Company (Limited), James Robinson Tomlin of Richmond clerk to the Richmond Highway Board, John Michell the elder of Forcett Park in the township of Forcett esquire and William Flint of Gilling parish clerk, relating to the diversion and stopping-up of a highway in the township of Forcett; with references to:
- a notice dated 10 May 1871 given by Thompson Richardson to the Richmond District Highway Board and the surveyors of the highway in the township of Forcett relating to the diversion and stopping-up of a portion of the Forcett and Carkin Road leading from Layton to Forcett
- notice dated 18 August 1871 of the churchwarden of the township of Forcett convening a meeting of the vestry on 25 August 1871
- resolutions of the vestry meeting of the township of Forcett held on 25 August 1871 and adjourned to 8 September 1871 agreeing to the proposals of the Forcett Limestone Company (Limited) for the diversion and stopping-up of the highway
- notice dated 2 December 1871 of the intention to apply to the Quarter Sessions to be held at Northallerton on 9 April 1872 for an order for the diversion and stopping-up of the highway [3 copies]
- copies of the Richmond and Ripon Chronicle dated 20 January 1872, 27 January 1872, 3 February 1872, and 10 February 1872 containing a notice relating to the diversion and stopping-up of the highway at Forcett
Consent dated 12 October 1871 of John Michell of Forcett Park in the township of Forcett, the owner of the land through which the highway to be diverted runs
Plan of the proposed diversion and stopping-up of a road in Forcett
Certificate dared 2 March 1872 of two Justices that they have viewed the highway to be stopped-up and the new highway; and found the new highway to be more commodious for travelling on, as the old one was narrow, with a bad gradient, and inconvenient for carts and carriages
Motion paper for the Easter Sessions 1872 that the certificate of two Justices who have viewed the road should be read and confirmed |