Copy of a Schedule of the exchange of ground and purchases relating to the widening of York Street, Bath

Reference Number: BC/3/2/24/3
Level of Description: Item
Title: Copy of a Schedule of the exchange of ground and purchases relating to the widening of York Street, Bath
Date: 15 Dec 1796
Extent: Extent: 1 item
Description: 1. John Palmer (c. 1738-1817), Bath, Builder
2. James Lewis, London, Architect, appointed by the Corporation and Commissioners of Bath
3. Lord Viscount Newark (later 1st Earl Manvers, 1737-1816)
4. Charles Davis, Bath, Builder
4 appointed to arbitrate on behalf of 1, 2 and 3.

The schedule includes details of the houses of both William Cottle and Jane Cottle and the property of Harry Salmon and the Three Tunns Inn which were purchased in order to create York Street. The council minutes of 26th September 1796 note that a committee was appointed to carry out the work of making a road from Stall Street to North Parade. The agreement to demolish Cottle's house and part of the Three Tunns Inn was made on 3rd March 1802.