Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the borough of Morpeth and the village of Bedlington / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector.
- Robert Rawlinson
- Date:
- 1849
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the borough of Morpeth and the village of Bedlington / by Robert Rawlinson, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Number of Houses and Tenements, with their Annual Rental. Morpeth. Tenements under £2 10s. Houses above £2 10s., and under £5 £5 ,, £10 £10 £20 £30 £40 £50 £60 £70. Land . Tithes . . . Manufactories. £20 £30 £40 £50 £60 £70 Total Number of Tenements and Houses. 206 131 113 118 46 15 1 1 1 632 Value. £. s. d, 385 0 0 436 15 0 729 7 0 1,565 10 0 1,067 4 0 490 14 0 47 10 0 50 0 0 80*0 0 724 15 0 70 16 0 766 13 0 *6,414 4 0 Bum.er's Gkken. Tenements under £2 10*. . . . Houses above £2 10s., aud under £5 £5 , , £10 £10 ,. £20 £20 ,, £30 £30 Land Manufactories Total .... Total of Morpeth . Total houses and tenements, with] their annual rental, in Morpeth > and Buller's Green . . . .J Number. Value. £. S. d. 28 61 5 0 4 23 10 0 7 45 0 0 4 51 0 0 1 21 10 0 1 30 0 0 ■ • 75 2 6 45 307 7 6 632 6,414 4 0 677 6,721 11 6 The municipal borough includes all the township of Morpeth (except Cottingwood), and a very small part of the township of Newminster Abbey. The Parliamentary borough is bounded on the north by the river Wansbeck, on the east by the German Ocean, on the south by the river Blyth, and on the west by the parish of Mitford, as shown on the accompanying map. To William Woodman, Esq., Town Clerk of Morpeth, I an» most largely indebted for a vast amount of information as to the past and present state and condition of the town and district. I also received much valuable assistance from Mr. Fenwick, agent to the Earl of Carlisle; and, in arranging for the proposed site of the new wafer-works, Mr. J. Moore, agent to William Ord,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20422350_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
