Road-Making Calculation Book

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 EGR14/69/4
  • Dates of Creation
      1880-1889
  • Physical Description
      33 x 21.5 cm, 1 vol., paginated, board covers. Condition: boards rubbed.

Scope and Content

The volume contains calculations and notes relating to the construction of roads on the Cheshire Estate. There are calculations of the contents of parcels of land; calculations of the quantities of materials required for road-making (kerb-stones, sand, cinders etc.); advice notes for orders of road-making materials; records of work done by road-men on various roads; invoices for stone wagons; and carting accounts. The volume was probably compiled by Maxwell Archibald Roscoe, surveyor and architect at the Altrincham Estate Office.