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In the 18th Century, the Court Leet were concerned that the town walls, the castle and the town gates were often in disrepair. They also attempted to stop people taking stones from them to build their own houses. There are many cases of the jury pointing out "common nuisances" in relation to the walls, which finally disappeared at the beginning of the 1800's. The dirty state of the streets was frequently a cause of complaint, and many times householders were accused, and even fined, for allowing dung hills or rubbish in the street. Before the Harbour was taken over by trustees in 1780, there were cases of the Court Leet complaining of nuisances such as old hulls left to rot. It is interesting to note that parking was a problem even in the 18th Century - when the problem concerned horses, left in the main street and interfering with the passage of carts. Roads and Trefechan Bridge were occasionally out of repair and the Court Leet ordered the inhabitants to repair them.
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