Gunthorpe Bridge Act 1870
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1870 c. xxxii |
| Year | 1870 |
[33 & 34 VICT.] The Gunthorpe Bridge Act, 1870. [Oh, xxxii.]
CHAP, xxxii.
An Act to authorise the construction of a Bridge over the A'D-] 87°
river Trent in the county of Nottingham, and Roads and
Approaches thereto, to be called "the Gunthorpe Bridge." i
W
HEREAS the construction of a bridge over the river Trent
from Gunthorpe in the parish of Lowdham to the parish of
East Bridgford, or Bridgford-on-the-Hill, all in the county of Not-
tingham, would be attended with great local and public advantage,
and the persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their
own expense, to construct such bridge:
And whereas a plan and section showing the line and levels of
the bridge and of the roads or approaches thereto, and also a book of
reference containing the names of the owners and lessees, or reputed
owners and lessees, and of the occupiers of the lands required or
which may be taken for the purposes of the bridge and roads or
approaches thereto, have been deposited with the clerk of the peace
for the county of Nottingham, and are herein-after referred to as the
deposited plan, section, and book of reference :
And whereas there is an ancient ferry across the said river near
where the said bridge is proposed to be carried across the same,
known as Gunthorpe Eerry (herein-after referred to as " the
ferry"),
and it is expedient that the same should be acquired by
the Company;
And whereas there also exists a right of ford or fording across
the said river near to where the said bridge is proposed to be con-
structed, which it is also expedient to discontinue:
And. whereas the objects aforesaid cannot be accomplished with-
out the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and
be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows; (that is to say,)
[IjOCal-82.] A 1
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