Windsor Bridge and Approaches Act 1819
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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO NONO
GEORGII III. REGIS.
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Cap.
cxxvi.
An Act to rebuild Windsor Bridge, in the Borough
of New Windsor, in the Countyof Berks; and to
improve the Avenues thereto. [6th July 1819.]
HEREAS the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the Borough
of New Windsor, in the County of Berks, are lawfully seised of
a Timber Bridge over the River
Thames
called Windsor Bridge,
situate and being in the Borough of New Windsor aforesaid, and of' the
Ways thereon, heading from New
Windsor
aforesaid to Eton, in the County
of Bucks: And whereas by an Act made in the Ninth Year of His late
Majesty King
George
the Second, intituled An Act for enabling the Mayor,
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G.
2.
c. 15.
.Bailiffs,
and
Burgesses
of
the Borough
o/"New Windsor, in the County of'Berks,
to repair and maintain their great Bridge over the River of Thames, and
the
Way thereon
leading
from the said Borough of Hew Windsor to-Eton, in the
County e^Bucks, the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses are Authorized to
collect, demand, and take, and do receive Tolls for certain Cattle and
Carriages passing over and for Barges passing under the said Bridge ;
but such Tolls are very unequally and partially laid and not duly
proportioned :' And whereas the said Timber Bridge is narrow and incom-
modious, and so greatly decayed that in the Judgment of able arid expe-
rienced Workmen it ought to be taken down and a new Bridge built:
And whereas the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses are desirous, for
the Accommodation of the Public, to. build a new Bridge over the
said River near the said present Bridge, but by an Estimate made of
the Expence thereof it appears that the Tolls they now receive for
passing over and under the present Bridge will fall very short of defraying
the Expence of erecting a safe and commodious Bridge, and therefore
it is expedient and necessary to make some other Provisions for the same,
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which cannot be effected without the Aid and Authority of Parliament:
In order, therefore, to enable the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses to
build a proper and convenient Bridge, and to defray the Expence
thereof,
and of keeping the same in repair for ever, May it please Your Majesty
that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excel-
lent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and
Mayor,
&c.,of by the Authority of the same, That when and as soon as the said Bridge
NewWindsor shall be taken down or rendered impassable the said recited Act shall
toTnildl ke am* tne same 's nereby repealed, and it shall and may be lawful to and
Bridge- f°r tne said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the Borough of New
Windsor aforesaid for the Time being, or the major Part of them, and
they are hereby authorized, empowered, required, and directed, as
soon as possibly may be, by themselves, their Deputies, Agents, Work-
men, Servants, and others, to build a new Bridge, with Stone, Brick,
Timber, Iron, and other substantial Materials, cross the said River
Thames, upon the Site or at a proper Distance from the present Bridge
called Windsor Bridge, and to design, assign, and lay out in what
Manner and Form the said new Bridge shall be erected, built, and
completed, and to dig and make proper Foundations in the said River,
and on the Lands and Grounds lying and being on each Side
thereof,
for the Piers and Abutments of the said new intended Bridge, and to
cut and level the Banks of the said River, in such Manner as may be
necessary and proper for building the said Bridge, and to cut, remove,
and take away all Trees, Roots of Trees, Beds of Gravel, Sand, Mud,
or other Impediment which may in anywise tend to hinder the erecting
or completing the said Bridge, and execute all other Things requisite
and necessary, useful or convenient, for erecting and building, maintain-
ing and supporting the said Bridge, and making proper Avenues thereto,
and the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses, or the major Part of them,
shall from Time to Time have full Power and Authority to land on
either Side of the said River within Two hundred Yards of the Site of
the said Bridge, being Waste Land, all Materials and other Things to be
used in and about the same, and there to work such Materials and Things
according as they the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses, or the Persons
to be by them appointed, shall think necessary or proper for building the
said new intended Bridge, and to widen or enlarge any Roads leading to
the said Bridge on each Side of the said River, so as to make the same
fit for Carriages; and for the several Purposes aforesaid it shall be
lawful for the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses for the Time
being, or the major Part of them, and they are hereby authorized and
empowered, upon giving Six Calendar Months previous Notice in
Writing to the Lessees respectively, to cause the Dwelling House, Toll
House, and Premises at the South End of the said Bridge, now occu-
pied by Anne Hyde Widow and Christopher Huddlestone, to be pulled
down, and the Materials thereof applied for the Use and Benefit of
the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses, they the said Mayor, Bailiffs,
and Burgesses, and the Persons tobe by them employed or appointed
as aforesaid, doing as litde Damage as may be, and making such
Satisfaction as is herein-after mentioned to the respective Owners and
Occupiers of such Houses, Lands, and Grounds as shall be altered,
damaged, spoiled, taken, or made use of by means or for the Purposes
of this Act.
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