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4 unusual facts about Improvement Commissioners


1774 in Wales

An Act of Parliament establishes the Improvement Commissioners, responsible for paving, cleaning streets and providing oil lamp lighting in Cardiff.

Improvement commissioners

Boards of improvement commissioners were ad hoc boards created during the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom.

They often included street paving, cleansing, lighting, providing watchmen or dealing with various public nuisances.

Around 300 boards were created, each by a private Act of Parliament, typically termed an Improvement Act.



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