Transcript Historical Minute Book 1913 to 1923 - Ashdown Forest

Forest Row house refuseThe Clerk reports that having heard nothing further from the Local Government Board as to the removal of houserefuse at Forest Row, he wrote again on the 9th inst. enquiring whether their further communications with the E.Grinstead Rural District Council have been completed, and whether steps will now be taken to ensure thecollection of the house refuse at Forest Row, and he this morning received a reply, stating that the Board areinformed that the Rural District Council are considering the question of the adoption of Bye-Laws with respect tothe removal of house refuse etc. in Forest Row, and that the Board are communicating further with them in regardto the matter.Tents for refreshments for soldiersThe Chairman reports that Mr. George Levick of Primrose Farm, Uckfield, having applied on behalf of a LocalCommittee to Mr. Portman to erect a tent on the Forest near Pound Gate School, to supply the soldiers encampedon the Forest with tea, coffee and other light refreshments he (the Chairman) granted the required permission.It is Resolved that the action of the Chairman be confirmed.Road materialsThe County Council of East Sussex having written to the Clerk applying for permission to take road materials fromthe Forest for repair of their roads during the year ending 31st March 1916, namely:-Central Road District (Mr. A.G. Tucker, Surveyor)Point from which it is proposed to obtainmaterialGravel Pit near PippingfordDitto in neighbourhood of KingstandingDitto in neighbourhood of KingstandingDescription of material Quantity cubicyardsHardstone & sandstone from Nutley 20to Wych CrossForest Gravel (from Chuck Hatch to 60Kingstanding)Forest Gravel (Withyham to Friars 60Gate)120Fox Gravel Pit near Duddleswell Sandstone (kerbing & repairingchannelling at Crowborough and forHartfield)The Clerk wrote to the County Council pointing out that the application is for altogether 260 yards, whereas thequantities applied for in recent years were, for 1910-11 250 yrs, 1911-12 210 yds, 1912-13 190 yds, 1913-14 150 ydsand 1914-15 150 yds, and that some years ago at a Conference an informal understanding was arrived at that thequantity should be gradually reduced and enquiring why the present application was for so large an increase and hereceived a reply that the increase is due to the military traffic on the roads.It is Resolved that a licence be granted to the Country Council to take the above materials subject to the same termsand conditions as the licence granted to the Council in 15th December 1899, all digging to be confined to theexisting pits, and no new pit to be opened without the consent in writing of the Board first obtained under the handof their Clerk.CampsRanger Kirby reports that all the Troops encamped at Kingstanding had left by the 12th November last, but hadnot then cleared everything away.Also that all the Troops encamped on St John’s Common had left by the 30th November last, but had not thencleared everything away.The Clerk reports that the Brigade Major Headquarters wrote on 20th October last that it had been decided not touse the Forest Row Rifle Range.35Ashdown Forest Historical Minute Book