Bristol Roads and Avon and Frome Navigation Act 1698

III. Housekeepers, Churchwardens, &c. twice a Week to cleanse the Streets, &c.

Scavenger, &c. to carry away Ashes, &c; Penalty 3s. 4d; Throwing Ashes otherwise than in Places so appointed, or not keeping the same until Scavenger, &c. come; Penalty 5s.

And it is hereby further enacted That all and every Housekeeper and Housekeepers inhabiting and resideing within the said City and the Churchwarden and Churchwardens of the respective Churches and all Keepers of Halls and other publick Places shall Twice in every Weeke (that is to say) on every Wednesday and Satturday at the least sweepe and cleanse or cause to be swept and cleansed all the Streets Lanes and Alleys before their respective Houses Buildings and Walls and the Buildings and Walls of Churches and other publick Places to the end the Dirt and Soyle in the said Streets may be ready to be carried away by the Scavenger Raker or other Officer appointed for that Purpose upon paine to forfeite Three Shillings and Four Pence for every Offence and Neglect And that no Person or Persons whatsoever shall throw cast or lay or cause permitt or suffer to be throwne cast or laid any Ashes Dust Dirt Rubbish Dung or other Filth or Annoyance in any open Streete Lane or Alley within the said City or Places aforesaid before his her or their owne Dwelling-houses Stables Buildings or Walls or the Buildings or Walls of Churches Church-yards or other Public Places within the said City or on the Wharffs Backs Keyes or Banks of the said River or any other of the open Places Streets or Lanes there except in or upon such publick Places as shall be appointed for that Purpose in manner herein before directed or shall cast lay or throw or cause to be cast laine or throwne into any common or publick Sinke Vault Watercourse Common-Sewer or Highway within any of the Parishes Precincts or Places aforesaid any Ashes Dirt Filth Ordure or any other Noisome thing whatsoever but shall keepe or cause the same to be kept in their respective Houses Yards or Backsides or the Yards or Backsides of Churches and other publick Buildings untill such Time as the Raker or other Officer thereto appointed shall come by or neare their Houses Doors or Places with his Cart or Carriage used for the cleansing the Streets and carrying away thereof and then shall carry or cause to be carried the said Ashes Dirt Dung or other such Filth or Annoyance as aforesaid out of their Houses Yards and Backsides and deliver it to the Raker Scavenger or other Officer to putt the same into his Cart or Carriage as aforesaid upon paine to forfeite the Summ of Five Shillings for every such Offence.