| Description | Papers relating to the stopping-up of a highway and footpaths in the parish of Foston, including:
- consent dated 29 June 1822 of Francis Simpson of Oswaldkirk landowner to the stopping-up and diversion of a highway between Foston and Whitwell and Castle Howard, and of footpaths between Foston and Foston Bridge and Foston and Spittle Bridge; subject to the old stopped-up road and footpaths being vested in him
- order dated 8 July 1822 for the diversion of part of a public highway in the parish of Foston. Two Justices have viewed the highway between Foston and Whitwell and Castle Howard, being 418 yards long, and found that it may be diverted; and have viewed the proposed new highway through the land of the Revd Francis Simpson, being 357 yards long and 30 yards wide, and have had evidence of his consent to the diversion
- order dated 8 July 1822 for the diversion of a public footway in the parish of Foston. Two Justices have viewed part of the footway between Foston and Foston Bridge, being 627 yards in length, and found that it may be diverted; and have viewed the proposed new footway through the land of the Revd Francis Simpson, being 614 yards in length, and have had evidence of his consent to the diversion
- order dated 8 July 1822 for the diversion of a public footway in the parish of Foston. Two Justices have viewed part of the footway between Foston and Spittle Bridge, being 970 yards in length; and have viewed the proposed new footway through the land of the Revd Francis Simpson, being 1,046 yards in length, and have had evidence of his consent to the diversion
- order of two Justices dated 1 October 1822 for the stopping-up of a highway 418 yards long and 30 feet wide, of a footway 627 yards long and three feet wide leading from Foston to Foston Bridge, and of a footway 970 yards long and three feet wide leading from Foston to Spittle Bridge; the land to be vested in Francis Simpson
- covering letter dated 13 October 1822 from Francis Simpson at Foston to William Wailes at the Clerk of the Peace's Office at Northallerton for papers relating to the alterations of roads. There is still a plan to be forwarded which Sydney Smith has had, but as Smith is away from home, Simpson has not been able to get the plan to send on |