Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal and Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresleys Canal Junction Act 1798
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Citation | 1798 c. xxix |
| Year | 1798 |
ANN0
TRICESIMB
OCTAVO
Cap.
29.
An
Act
for
making
and maintaining
a
Navigable
Canal,
or
Canal and Inclined Plane
or
Railways
from
and
out
of
the
NewcaJZz
zcnder
Lyma
Canal,
to
the
Canal
of
Sir
"'el
Bowyer
GreJey
Baronet,
near
the
Town
of
Ne.rZ?ca/?Ze
under
Lyme
;
and
alfb
another
Braficli
of
Canal,
or
inclined Plane
or
Railway,
from
and
out
of
the
laid
lafbmentioned
Canal
at
or
near
Apedale,
to
certain
Coal
and
other
Works;
all
in
the County
of
Stafford.
[26th
k?oy
~798.1
HERE
AS
the
making and maintaining
of
a
Canal,
or
Canal
*Ieamb*c~
and Inclined Plane
or
Railway, for
the
PaEiap.~
of
Boats
and
ocher
Vf-Fels,
and Waggons
and
other Carriages,
from
and
Out
of
the
A>wcnJ!e
under
L,ynze
Canal.
to
the
Canal
of
Sir
Nigel
Bowyer
GrcJ2ey
Exonct,
wiriin
0:-
nur
the
'I'ov;ii
of
N~~cnj?!.
u?z&r
Lynze,
in
the
Coucty
of
~';Q$,;-J
;
xid
ZXC,
:m:'itr
Sr;lnch
of
Card,
or
Inciined
Plane
or
Th,ii,v;~.
frmi
and
out
d
fid
Idt-mentioned Canal at
or
near
AkcAdc,
to
the.
C;d
and
ottcy
oih
of
Sir
73hn
EdeTfi,.
Elcath-
cote
Knight,
ad
Thimns
h!,~
q,:;
Kk~Grc9
at
Pm-f;r'$e
2'~5~1/2,
and
"j,hn
will
bc
cf
great
pdl-:irk.
fT
r~>,~i>i*~~~
22
c
;iy
c"oit~m~~\i~ati~n
ph.
3
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1
c
vl-itk
H/~dsmcd
CeEtt:,nitn,
T
t
B
i,
ir,
&c
Faid
CJGnty
ef
,;tn$*rQ
350
38"
GEORGII
1x1.
Cq.
29,
wit11
feveral
valuable Mines
and
Iron
WorI:s,
and by
furiiiiliirig,
at:
ai:
ealy
Expence, the Neighbourhood with
Coals,
Lime,
and
other Articles:
iind
wfiereas
the
feveral Perfons herein-akr named are
defirous,
at
:heir
own
Cofis
and Charges,
to
make
and maintain the faid intended
Cml,
and
sthrr
LL'orlts,
but cannot
effed
the fame without the
Aid
arid
AT-
tliority of Parliament
:
Ma;.
it th2refore pIede Your
ILl;!jdty
that
it
may
be
enaQed
;
and be it enaAed by
the
King's
moil
IIxcellerit
Jla-
jelly, by
and
with the
Advice
and Conlent of
the
Lords Spiritual
anJ
Temporal, and Commons,
in
this prerent Parliament affembled, and
by
the Authority
of
the fame, That Sir
Ni'cl
BQWYC~
Gry'ley
Baronet,
Sir
John
Edeifor fIecthrote
Knight,
Thomas
KinneyJy,
James
Smith,
yhr
Smifh,
WiiLL'imr
Bcnt,
Samuel
Turner,
Elizabeth
Ilnll,
?oh
hfofiy,
:~GI.;,v
Kairc'iiy-,
?oh.
PLppr,
Edward
~aydiey,
robti
~wii~n~rton,
3hn
S.
CJ:-
1~~1,
?@my
For,
:yctnes
Cnird,
Cathn-ine
Ford,
G17ii'llinm
Iiolfoi!d,
Yobn
Piu+zrd,
?din
Hdiiris,
'john
[$&;'ifin
junior,
Thomns
WohC,,
7J:;ii;i
C~iii~well,
?hi
Yodi~Gu,
~ojuh
~po&,
7oJl'nh
H~C~~~UJOO~,
7
~hn
En
John
iv'%~~~w0cd,
:,
l;ivt~
Pent,
IlIol-ga;.et
Gorton,
Ea'zuizrd
Lonins
,
3itrk':r
Ch@ity,
Hizn!i~~,~
Furd,
and
their
t'evel-a1
arid
refpetlive SuccelTors,
1:s-
ecutors,
Adini:?i,ii
ators,
and AiGgns,
fliall
be,
and
hereby
are united
into
a
Company,
for making, coniplcting,
and
maintaining the
hiit
Canal,
and Incliiied Piane or ltailway, according to the Rules, Orders,
and
DireQions herein-after nientioned, and ihall for that Purpofe
be
One
Body Corporate,
by
the
Name
and
Stile of
The
NewcaJle under
Lym
YunCtion
Cnnd
Compzy,
ai!d
by that Name
ihall
have perpetual Succef-
lion,
and
fhail
f;a\.c:
a
Conimoii
Seal,
and
by
that Name
fliall
and
may
lncorP'"ted*
fue and be
lwxl
;
aiid
that
the
FLid
Colripany
of
Proprietors
fhall
have
Power and Authority,
11.0;ii
ant1 after
the
Fifreriith Day of
Tune
One
thoufand {even hundred
and
ninet y-eight, on which
Day
this'
A21
fliail
commence
aid
take
EfTe-feQ,
to purchal
arid
hold
Lalids
and Heredita-
ments to them, and their Succeifors
and
Aflig:is,
fur the
Ufe
of
the
faid Navigation, and to fell the faid
Lands
and Hereditaments again,
without incurring any of the Penalties or Forfeitures of the Statute
of
Mortmain
;
and the faid Canal Company
fhall
be,
and
are
hereby
autho-
rized
ar,d
empowered, by themfelves, their
Deputies,
Agents, Oficcrs,
Workmen, and Servants, by Cuts, ?'unnels, Aqueducts, or orherwife,
to
make and
complete,
and from
Time
to 'I'imt:
to
alter
a
Communication
by
Canal,
or
Canal
and
lnclincd
Plane
or
Railway,
to be called,
The
i?&~C~4!e
under
Lyme
~zicrCIJcit
Cannl,
cavigable
and
paffab!e
for Boats, Carws; and
other
VeiTels,
Wasgons
and
orhcr Ca-riages, from an:!
oiit
ofthe
iaid
.iY~x~-
caJle
un&r
LYint
Canal,
to
the
Ihid
Canal
of
Sir
Niql
Boqw
G~jley
Bxo-
net. near the
Town
of
Nmc~itk
zinLey
L-yiiie,
in
the County
of
Stlrjird,
r;nd
a
Brarich of
Canal,
or Inclined
Giacc
or Railway, from and out
of
the
hid
lait-mentioced Canal at or
near
n)edh'e
arorefaid,
to
the
Coal
and
other
Works
of
Sir
?oh
Edenfir
Hccthcote,
and
Thon:as
?Li;ii:iley?y
Efquire,
and
John
Wtdgwoad
Gentleman, at
Partridge
Xe$
arid
Sipzli
Erid,
in
the
hid
County
of
Staford,
and
to
ii!pply the f'id
Canal
whi!it
making,
and at
d1
Tinies
for ever after the
fame
ihall
have
bceri
~ade,
with
Water from ail
fuch
Brooks, Springs, Streams,
Kiv
Watercourfes,
as
are
or
hall
flow
or
be
fourld in
c
the
faid
Canal, or within the Difiaiice
of
One th
the
fame,
and
to
erea Oce or
more
Fire
Engine or Fire Engines, or
other Machines for
fupplying
the hid Canal, or any Part
or
Parts
thereof,
with
Water,
and
51-
the
Ule
of
the
Did
inclined
Plane
or
Railway,
Propri:torr
Names,
$7.
1
J
28"
GEORGII
111.
Cap.
29.
Rai!way, and
alfo
tr
make
fuch and fo many Soughs,
Tunnels,
Feeders,
JiqueduQs, and Channeis, for fupplying the faid Fire Engines and
Ca-
nal
with Watcr,
as
by the faid Company fhall be deemed neceffary
and
proper
;
and
alfo
for effeQing the Purpofes aforefaid, to cleanfe, fcour,
and
dig,
open, deepen, enlarge, vary, and make itraighter, the Streams,
Brooks,
or
Watercourfes, which
come
near or may be brought into
or communicate with the faid
Canal,
and to dig, cut, or rde the
Banks
of
any
of
the faid Streams, Brooks, or Watercourfes,
for
bringing
Water into ttie faid Canal, and to make fuch proper Trenches or
Paf-
fages for Water io, upon,
or
through, the Lands or Grounds adjoining
or
near to the faid Canal, or fuch Streams, Brooks,
or
Watercourfes
as
aforefaid, or any
of
them, as the faid Company hall think fit
;
and
for
the
Purpofes
aforelid,
the faid Company, their Deputies, Servants,
Agents, and Workmen, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter
into ani!
upon
the Lands and Grounds
of
any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies
Politick, Corporate,
or
Collegiate whatfoever, and to furvey and take
Levels
cf
the
fmx,
or
any
l'art
thereof,
a:id
to
fet
out
and afcertain fuch
Pnrts
thercof
2s
tlity
illall
think neceihry and proper for making or al-
tering
the
laid
Canal,
and
Inclined Planes or Railways, Feeders and
AqueduRs,
and
all fuch othtr Works, Matters, and Cmveniencies as
they ffiail think proper
and
necernry for making,.
fup$yirg
with Water,
effrliing, prefcrving, improi i.ig, completipg, maintaining, and ufing the
hid Canal and other Works, and
alfo
to
bore,
d:g, cut, trench,
lough,
get, remove, take, carry away, lay, ufe, and nianufaAure any Earth, Clay,
Stone, Soil, Rubbiih, Trees, Roots
of
Trees, Beds
of
Gravel or Sand,
or
any other
Matters
or 'Things which may be
dug
or
got in niaking the faid
Cannl or other Works, or in making any Feeders
or
AqueduBs,
or
out
of
the
Lands or Grounds
of
any PerIon or Perfons adjoining,
or
being
conve-
nieEt or contiguous thereto, and which may be proper, requifite, or neceffary
for making, carrying on, continuing, maintzining, altering,
or
repairing
the
laid Canal or other Works, or which may hinder, prevent, or obltruCt the
making, uiing, or compieting, altering, excending,
or
maintaining the fame
refpelitivelp, or
the
making, u!ing, completing, extending, and maintain-
ing
of
ar:y
fuch P'eec'lers,
Trenches,
Paffages, AqueduAs, and Water-
courfes
as
&:ei%l,
as
fiall
be necefrary and proper to convey Water to
or
from
the [aid
Cxial,
ac,crding
to
the Intent and Meaning
of
this
A&
4
and
alfo
to
make,
build,
erect,
and
fet
up,
in, over, under,
or
upon
the faid Canal, and Inclined Planes or liailways, or upon the Lands ad-
joining or near to the fame,
filch
and
fo many
Bridges, Piers, Arches,
Tunnels,
AqueJuc?s,
Sluict
s,
Locks,
Floodgates, Weirs, Pens
for
Water,
Water
Stanks,
Dams,
Wharfs,
Q~uays, Houfes, Warehoufrs,
Toll
Houfes,
Watch
HOLI~,
Landing
:%ices,
Weighing Beams, Cranes, Fire Engines,
or
ochrr hkilhines,
Dry
Docks, Wet
DOC~S,
and
other Works, Ways,
Roads,
and
Convenicmcies,
as
and
where
the
faid
Conipany hall think
neceiiiry
diid
convenient for the Pmpofes
of
the
faid
Navigation, and
alib
from
Time to l'inie
tu
alter, repair, and amend,
or
difcontinue the
ilime,
and
to
m'ike,
divert, alter, widen, enlarge, and extend any Bridges,
Ways,
Roads,
l'ailages, Cuts,
Locks,
Soughs, Tunnels, AqueduQs,
rl'ienches,
SiEices, or other Works
or
Conveniencies, as well for carrying
and
conveying-of Stones, Coals, Minerals, Goods, Wares, Merchandize,
anti other Articles
to
and froni the faid Canal, and Inclined Planes
or
Raihays,
ab
fgr
the
carrying and conveying
of
all Manner of Materials
neceiiary
for
the
making, ereltting, finifnir:g,
alterin:,
repairing,
main-
taining,
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