Becca and Aberford (Yorkshire, West Riding) inclosure Act 1825
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1825 c. 11 |
| Year | 1825 |
ANNO SEXTO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
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Cap.
11. 1 /
An Act for inclosing certain Commons or Moors
and Waste Lands within the Manors of
Becea
and
Aberford,
in the Parish of
Aberford,
in the
West Riding of the County of York.
[20th May 1825.]
W
HEREAS there are within the several Manors of
Btcca
and
Aberford, both in the Township and Parish of Aberford in
the West Riding of the County of
Tork,
certain Commons or
Moors, called
Becca
Little
Moor,
and
Aberford
Moor,
otherwise
Brambam
Moor, and other Waste Lands, containing together Four hundred and
seventy Acres, or thereabouts: And whereas
William
Markham Esquire
is or claims to be Lord of the Manor of
Becca,
and in right of the same
Manor claims to be entitled to the Soil of the said Commons or Moors,
called
Becca
Little Moor, and
Aberford
Moor,
otherwise
Brambam
Moor:
And whereas Richard
Oliver Gascoigne
Esquire is Lord of the Manor
of Aberford aforesaid, and in right of the same Manor claims to be
entitled to the Soil of a certain Piece or Parcel of Waste Land within
such Manor, lying on the West Side of the Town of
Aberford
aforesaid,
and adjoining the High Road there called the
Green
Hill, and also of
certain other Pieces or Parcels of Waste Land within such Manor, lying
on the East and West Sides of the
Ferrybridge
and
Boroughbridge
Turn-
pike Road, extending from the Toll Gate at the North End of
Aberford
aforesaid, in a northwardly Direction to a certain Place called the High
Cross,
which said several Pieces or Parcels of Waste Lands contain toge-
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pointed.
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Commis-
sioner.
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Cap.
11.
ther Ten Acres or thereabouts: And whereas the sMffiiliam Markbam
and Richard Oliver
Gascoigne,
the Reverend
James
Lendon Clerk, and
divers other Persons, are the Owners or Proprietors of Messuages, Cot-
tages,
Homesteads, Lands, or Grounds within the said several Manors of
Becca
and
Aberford,
or One of them, and in respect thereof are entitled to
Rights of Common upon all the said Commons or Moors and Waste
Lands: And whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-first Year of rite
Reign of His late Majesty King
George
the Third, intituled An Act for
consolidating
in One Act certain
Provisions
usually inserted in Acts of
Inclosure,
and
for
facilitating
the
Mode
of
proving
the
several Facts usually
required on
the
passing
of
such
Acts: And whereas another Act was passed in
the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, inti-
tuled An Act to amend the Law
respecting
the
inclosing
of
Open
Fields,
Pastures,
Moors,
Commons,
and
Waste
Lands in England : And whereas
the said Commons or Moors and Waste Lands, in their present State, are
incapable of any considerable Improvement, but if the same were inclosed
and divided, and specific Shares were allotted in Severalty unto and
amongst the several Persons interested therein, in lieu of and in proportion
to their respective Rights and Interest therein, the same would be more
advantageous to them, and would be considerably improved; but such
Advantage and Improvement cannot be effected without the Aid and^
Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it
may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 Autho-
rity of the same, That
John
Bower of
Smeathalh
near
Ferrybridge
in the
said County, Gentleman, and his Successors, to
be
nominated and appointed
in manner herein-after mentioned, shall be and he is hereby appointed
the sole Commissioner for inclosing, dividing, and allotting the said
Commons or Moors and Waste Lands, and for carrying this Act and
the said recited Acts into Execution (except such Parts of the said recited
Acts as are hereby altered, varied, or repealed), and tinder and subject
to the Directions herein contained, and to such of the Rules, Orders,
Regulations, Restrictions, and Directions contained in the said recited
Acts as are not repugnant to, or varied or controlled by, or otherwise
provided for by this Act.
II.
And be it further enacted, That if the said John Bower, or any
Commissioner to be appointed as herein-after is mentioned, shall die, or
refuse or neglect for the Space of Three Calendar Months to act, or
shall become incapable of acting as a Commissioner in the Execution of
this Act, at any Time or Times before the same shall be wholly or com-
pletely executed, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the
major Part in Value (such Value to be ascertained by the Land Tax
Assessment for the Township of
Aberford
aforesaid), of the Proprietors
and Persons interested in the said Commons or Moors and Waste Lands,
hereby directed to be divided and inclosed as aforesaid, or their known
Agents or Attornies, who shall be present at a public Meeting to be held
for that Purpose in
Aberford
aforesaid, in pursuance of a Notice to be
given in Writing to be affixed upon the Door of the Parish Church of
Aberford aforesaid, and also advertised in the weekly Newspapers herein-
after mentioned, at least Ten Days before such Meeting, and signed by
any Two or more of the Proprietors and Persons interested as aforesaid,
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