Doddington and Chatteris Drainage Act 1810
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1810 c. cxliii |
| Year | 1810 |
ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO
EORG »
Cap.
143.
An Ad for amending, and enlarging the Powers of
an A& of the Ninth Year of His prefent Majeftyv
for the more jeife&ual 'draining and preferving
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Ham-
let of Wimbiingfon^m the Parifh of
Dodditigton^
and
in the PariOi of
Chatteris^
in the I/IeofJEly^ in the
County of Cambridge > fo far as the faid A& relates
to the Lands in the Seeoriu Diundt tnereiii ue-
fcribed.
[2d;
.June-.
ijS 10>
]
HEREAS by an Aft patted in the Ninth Year of
the.
Reign of
His prefent Majefty King
George
the Third, intituled, -An Aft 9 G. 3.C.30.
for the
more
effedual
draining*,
embanking
and prefervingjeertain,
Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Hamlet of Wimbltngton, in ike Pafjfh
^Doddington,- and in the
ParifJj
of Chatteris within the Ifle of Elyr in ihe
County
^Cambridge, certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds lying within
the faid Hamlet of
Wimblington
in the Parifh oi
Doddingtoh
within the Ifle
vfEly in the County of
Cambridge^
and in Chatteris in the faid. Ifle and
County, containing in the "Whole Two thoufand fix hundred and fifty
Acres or thereabouts, abuttalled and defcrib^d as therein is expreffed,
were divided into Two feparate Diftrifts or Divifions; and. the Lands and
Grounds containing about One thoufand nine hundred and fifty Acres*
abuttalled and bounded as therein and herein-after is mentioned; (that
is to fay), from the South-Eaft Corner of the Lands late of Sir
Sampfon Gideon Baronet, on the Weft Side of Tweefdale
Load,
[Loc* & Per.] 36 C along
323© $0*GE0RGII IIL
.Gap*
14$.
along the faid Load to a.certain Drove called Mama
DrQve
otherwife Boots
•Drove',
and frofri thelitis along the Old Sewer called Twee/dale Load to a
certain Drain or Sewer called
Cox
Load,
near* the Hard Lands o£ Manea,
along the Lands of Rebecm Mitforne, William Smith* and Willimi Wells,
by the faid Sewer called £o#
Load,
to the South End of Lands of the faid
William
Wells*,
Part of the Sterna Fm zn&Bt&ck Fen, bdng Part of the
Ninety-fire thoufand Acres of thje Great Level of the Fens called Bedford
Level B and C, Lot Two and Lot Three, to the South Side of Lands of
the faid
Rebecca
Milborne^
other Part of
Sionea Fen
and
Block Fen
aforefaid,
and other Part of the laid Ninety-five thoufind Acres called Bedford Level
D,
Lot Twelve, and along the fame Lands on the South to the North
Eaft Corner of the low Eorty Acres in Honey called the Rou^h Forty, and
from thence round the faid Forty Acres andlncluding the fame to the
North-Weft Corner thereof at thefaid Lands of the hid
Rebecca
Milborne^
and from thence along the South Side of the faid Lands of the faid
Rebecca Milborpe
to the Bank ori the Eaft Side of the Sixteen Feet Drain
otherwise ^hprlqes Drain, and from thence by and along Ae faid Eafl
Bank of thefaid Sixteen Feet Drain otherwife thurloes Drain, and including
the fame to the South Side of the faid Lands of the faid Sir
Sampfon Gideon
Baronet*W& from ^tbmp$-typhis So**$nWe$: anil SouthBo\}ncUry of the
faid Firft Diftrift to Twee/dale Load aforefaid, were called the Second
Diftrid or Divifion, and certain Commiflloners were appointed for putting
the faid Aft in Execution within the faid Second Diftrifl: in the Manner
therein appointed: And whereas the.Cofnniiflioners thereby appointed
for the faid Second Diftri&k were by the feid A& empowered fcpu> Time
toTfee to iflefs, "raft*, tax and ch#g£ ail arid eVe^y 4he Qtofeer'!**
/p€C^eis'ofaH ajid fnif ul^r th|jLahd£ and'Groands
iUuata^dJyi^g within ,th$ faid,$econd DiftriQ: (except the Lands and
Gft)uiuis tKeran excepted) by and with'a "proportionate Ye&fly Rate Tax
4'$6lh£ ©PMoliey^n lfafcn<3> therlM nMtiohe^ latlflt^luifkitoe Tax
c|^iim^\^^y A^ulft jid ii|t an^}
One\
^a^.tefiua^ of. rf wo
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*
'
*
hjn the faid Secb^id ^
jreater Jor lefs ^43fity/-w3cK'-Jaid
¥^|:^a1^^T^b9*lth€^fein idirefiled. £d-be paiiOjJkthe P^?W# or
O^pte^f th<e Landf jar^wynda coppjifed in theJp4 Second Dif|ri&
or^ivmbn in t& Maimer therein mentioned, arid was, ttfgdt
hei*'
with the
^vQ*ilm MMbfeey therein-after to be borrowed by the fiiid
-
tlomltni f-
fioners on the Credit of the fame, to be applied and difpofed of by the faid
feoiauafficffifaricirt Mandfer therein and thereby dire&ed? itodtbr thesmajje
iiffb&ual atiifiw^and levying Money for thedrainmg and prefervin^ctf^e
feid Second ^lri6t or/Divifion of the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds,
and for arifaering the othdr Purpofes of the faid A61 relating
thereto^;
tt
was ena&ed, that the faid Commiflloners ftiould meet at the feveral Days
and Tiroes and in'Manner and at the feveral Places therein mentioned:
And whereas the CommiflionerS in arid for the faid Second Diftrift ox
Divifidri in the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds have from Time to
Time proceeded in the Execution of the faid recited A£t, and have bor*
rowed and taken up at Interest divers Sums of Money, arriouating together
to the Sum of One thoufand five hundred Pounds or thereabouts upon the
Security of the (aid Rate or Tax to be collected iii thefaid Second Diftriflt
or Divifion 6f the faid Fen Lands and Low Grounds,,and they have
alfo incu^red;feveral Debts in making and repairing the feveral Works of
Dxainage % the faid A& authorized to be made and repaired by them,
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