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Highways Act Creates Parish Road Duties

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1555Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1555

Mary I1555

Westminster · House / House of Tudor

Parliament requires parishes to organise annual labour for repairing highways, creating a durable local system for road maintenance.

Names involved

Mary I

Provenance

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