It must have been with the intention of improving the flow of water, and thereby reducing the risk of flooding, that in 1569 Nicholaus Rutlande, yeoman was required to cute his banks, score and grave the ryver agaynste his meadows one (on) the south weaterlye syde of the same ryver from a certayne meadowe called Chandlers meadowe all the banke alonge to Martyne (Merton) hyghe waye in Wimbletone.24 Constant maintenance was obviously needed, and in 1576 Rutland (this time styled gentleman) was instructed by the sewer commissioners to clense his shewer againste his close called Colliers Close lienge by the highe waye which leadithe from Marten abbaye to tooting warde & he for to scale watle and wretche the other side of the saied shewer in two severalle places at the beginynge or entraunce from the lane ende iij rodd & in another place beneathe ij roddes and also COLLIERS WOOD Joane ladie Mordante or his (sic) farmer Roberte Giles that he clense his shewer from the fore-named Colliers close vnto or nere a bridge called the brickbridge conteinge by estemacion x roddes and from thence John Muschampe gentleman or his farmer John Hedge for to skowre his shewer vnto the bridge called twynynge bridge conteining in length by estemacion xxx roddes 25 The scandalous state of the main roads throughout the country, and the inability or unwillingness of the parish authorities to maintain them in a state fit for the increasing volume of long-distance traffic in the 17th and 18th centuries, was a source of great agitation and adverse comment by the travelling public
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