. The history and directory of the town and county of the town of Nottingham. The soil of the Forest and Mapperley Plains belong to the Lord of theManor; in other words, it is the soil of the mayor and are 1,600 acres of land in the three parishes, over which the cor-poration have jurisdiction. The estimated annual value is £2,576 a 1793, the Bridge Estate was about £300 a year. In 1833, theBridge Estate had increased to £1,197. There are some leases granted,and there has been a great increase of property. This estate was grantedto the corporation for the sustentation
. The history and directory of the town and county of the town of Nottingham. The soil of the Forest and Mapperley Plains belong to the Lord of theManor; in other words, it is the soil of the mayor and are 1,600 acres of land in the three parishes, over which the cor-poration have jurisdiction. The estimated annual value is £2,576 a 1793, the Bridge Estate was about £300 a year. In 1833, theBridge Estate had increased to £1,197. There are some leases granted,and there has been a great increase of property. This estate was grantedto the corporation for the sustentation of the Trent Bridge. £. s. d. The Chamber Estate in 1831-2, produced 4,146 1 10 The Bridge Ditto 1,197 18 2 The School Ditto 597 9 2 Besides the Hay Tithe in the Meadows 175 0 6 The Lambley Estate 120 0 0 The Stallage 1,200 0 0 The Shambles Rental 1,400 0 0 Expense of Building the Exchange £20,000 0 0 The Police 1,000 0 0 A large quantity of land was sold on the Mansfield Road, in 1824 or1825, belonging to the corporation, for about £8,000. DIRECTORY OF The corporation surveyor has a salary of £50 for keeping the accounts,and giving his opinion as to the value of the corporation property. E ehas also £30 from the Bridge, and £20 from the Chamber Estate. Officers of the Corpo-ration.—All officers, exceptthe Mayor, Recorder, Alder-men, Sheriffs, Coroners, andTown Clerk, are not char-tered The Mayor is the first officer, who is elected by viva voce vote, by themayor, aldermen, recorder, coroners, common council, and livery, an-nually, on the Feast of St. Michael, and until the passing of the ReformBill, was allowed, as chief magistrate, three hundred guineas, to defraythe expences of his office. Thomas Wakefield, Esq., being chosen the firstmayor, under the New Municipal Act, did not accept the stipend, whichis considered by some to have been a bad precedent, as there may begentlemen selected to fill that important office, who cannot so well aff
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