Scartho Road Bill 1824.

Courtesy of The Grimsby Museum, Ontario, Canada. GM 985.213.1.4

Printed by T. Squire, Market-Place, Grimsby. Dated 19th March 1824.

An image kindly provided by Tiffany Tifan, Collections Coordinator, The Grimsby Museum, Ontario, Canada. This, and other documents, were sent by Dr. E. Hall Felton of Grimsby, England, in 1928 and were stored at the Town Hall, Grimsby, Ontario.

Edgar Hall Felton Mrcs. Frcp. M.B.E. was born in New Clee on 16th November 1876. He was the son of Matthew Alonzo Felton, a Master Carpenter, and Sarah Ann Felton (née Hall). By 1901, E. Hall Felton was a Medical practitioner in Grimsby. He was with the Red Cross V.A.D. 36 Lincolnshire N. in WW1. In 1911, he lived at 54 Park Street (“Torrington House”). In 1939, he lived at 71 Bargate. Dr. E. Hall Felton was living at 16 Cumberland Avenue when he died on the 3rd June 1961, aged 84. His wife, Margaret Louise Felton, died in 1962, aged 88. Their son, Thomas Hall Felton (1904-1971), of The Priory, Laceby, was a dental surgeon. Their second son, John (1908-1985), was a joiner (labourer government cert.). He lived at 71 Bargate and at 15 Westminster Drive, Grimsby at the time of his death.

Scartho Road, the turnpike road from Scartho to Louth, was built c1810 following the receipt of money from private individuals. The Waith Beck and Buck Beck bridges were made at the expense of the County. This Bill details some big trouble regarding the Trustees allowing additional landowners to become Subscribers at a reduced fee. The Trustees, against the original agreement, then erected Toll-Houses and Gates between Scartho and North Thoresby without repairing the road and also got themselves into debt. The Trust was being conducted in a negligent manner. The Bill proposes that the reduced subscriptions should become part of the debt and that Waltham Bar should be totally removed, in fairness to the Public. The Bill was before Parliament awaiting passing into a law. The Public had the chance to stop the Bill being passed into law by offering further subscriptions.

Note: The tolls arising from the Brackenboro’ Bar were sufficient to pay the interest on the debt with a little left over for contingencies.