Dunham Bridge over River Trent Act 1830
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ANNO UNDECIMO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
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Cap.lxvi.
An Act for building a Bridge over the River Trent,
from Dunham in the County of Nottingham to the
opposite Shore in the County of Lincoln.
[29th May 1830.]
HEREAS the building of a Bridge at or near an ancient
Ferry called Dunham Ferry, over the River Trent, from
Dunham otherwise Dunholme in the County of Notting-
ham to the opposite Shore in the Parish of Newton in the County of
Lincoln, will be of great Utility and Advantage to the Neighbourhood
and the Public: And whereas the several Persons herein-after named
are willing and desirous of undertaking the Execution of the Pur-
poses aforesaid, and of being united into a Company for that Purpose :
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 Com-
mons,
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of
the same, That John Augerstein Esquire, Edward Baxter, William Names of
Bedford junior, Sir Edward French Bromhead Baronet, George Proprietors.
Brooks, William
Calvert,
S John
Cartwright,
James
Chambers,
Edward
Parker Charlesworth Doctor of Medicine, John Clark, John Clater,
Garvis Wells
Cole,
Joseph
Collingham,
Robert Cracroft Esquire, Wil-
liam Dawber, Edward Bell Drury, John Walter Dudding, Richard
Dudding, Benjamin Eddison senior, Benjamin Eddison junior, John
Fardell Esquire,
Thomas
Fisher, Samuel Francis Flower, the Reverend
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Henry Foulis, Edward Fowler, Thomas Fox, the Very Reverend
George Gordon
Dean of Lincoln, William Gourky, Jephthah
Greesham,
William
Quible
Hall, Richard Hannam junior, the Reverend William
Hett, John Holmes Esquire, John Holmes, Sir William Amcolts
Ingilby Baronet, Lady Kinloch, Miss Kinloch, John Lesiter, the Cor-
poration of Lincoln, Henry Machin Esquire, Francis Marriott, the
Right Honourable Lord Monson, John Nelson, Thomas Nettleship,
Thomas Newton, John Parkinson, the Reverend George T Pretyman,
the Reverend Richard Pretyman, John Rose, William Scorah, William
Scorer, James Scott, Robert Sharpe, Stephen Camm Short, Charles
Delaet Waldo Sibthorp Esquire, Thomas Silvester, Francis Sisson,
Thomas Skepper, John Smith, John Smith, William Spencer, Charles
Stacy, Robert Swan, Joseph Tomlin, Richard Turner, William Wake~
Jield,
Frederick and Charles Winn, Thomas Winn Alderman, and
William Wriglesworih Alderman, and all and every such other Person
and Persons, Body and Bodies Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, as
shall from Time to Time become a Subscriber or Subscribers to the
said Undertaking, and be duly admitted a Proprietor or Proprietors
as herein-after mentioned, their respective Successors, Executors,
Proprietors Administrators, and Assigns, shall be and they are hereby united into
a^ompany. a Company for erecting, building, making, and maintaining a Bridge
over or across the River Trent at or near Dunham Ferry aforesaid,
for the Passage of Carriages, Horses, Cattle, and Passengers, with
proper Ways, Passages^ or Approaches to and from such Bridge,
according to or consistently with the Rules, Orders, and Directions
herein-after contained, and fov. that Purpose shall be One Body
Politic and Corporate by the Name and Style of ." The Dunham
Bridge Company," and by that .Name shall, have perpetual Suc-
cession and a Common Seal, and. by that Name shalL and may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, at Law or in Equity, and shall
and may prefer And prosecute any-Bill or Bills of Indictment against
any Person or Persons who shall commit any Felony, Misdemeanor,
or any Offence indictable by the Laws of this Realm, and shall and
may have Power and Authority, from Time to Time and at all Times,
to purchase and hold to them, and their Successors and Assigns,, any
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, for the Use of the said Under-
taking, in manner by this Act directed, without incurring any of the
Penalties or Forfeitures of the Statutes of Mortmain, and also to sell
and convey any of the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments so
purchased in manner by this Act directed.
II.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said
Company, or their Committee of Management to be appointed as
herein-after mentioned, to erect or build and make, or cause to, be
erected, built, and made, a Bridge of Stone, Iron,
Bricks,.
,or
any
other Materials, over or across the River Trent at or near to Dunham
Ferry aforesaid, from the Shore or Bank of the said River in the
Parish of Dunham otherwise Dunholme in the County of Nottingham
to the opposite Shore or Bank of the sai4 River, in the Parish of
Newton in the County of Lincoln, and also to make, construct, lay*
erect, and buihhor cause to be made, constructed, laid, erected, an$
built, all proper or necessary Foundations, Piers for Arches, or other
Support of the said Bridge, Buttresses and other Works in the Bed
8 of
2050
Power to
build the
Bridge, &c.
ll°GEORGII IV.
Cap.
lxvL
2051
of the said River and on the Shores and Banks thereof and Lands
adjoining thereto, and also to open, form, make, and maintain all
necessary Ways or Approaches to the said Bridge on both Sides of
the said River within One hundred and eighty Yards from the
Centre of the said River, and to make, build, or construct all neces-
sary Footpaths and Causeways, and Steps for Landing Places near the
same, and for the Purposes aforesaid, by themselves, their Deputies,
Agents, Officers, Workmen, Servants, and Assistants, to enter upon
any Lands and Hereditaments necessary to be taken or used for the
Site of the said Works and Ways or Approaches, or adjoining thereto,
and with or without Horses, Carts, or Carriages, for the Purposes of
this Act, or for lodging Materials for the Construction of the Works
authorized by this Act, and to dig, cut, bore, excavate, and work in
or on any such Lands and Hereditaments, and to make any temporary
Dam or Dams on the said River, and to cut and level the Banks
thereof,
and to take or remove and carry away from the Bed
thereof,
or from the Shores or Banks
thereof,
all Trees, Roots of Trees, Beds
of Gravel, Stone, Sand, Mud, Earth, Soil, or any other Matter or
Thing whatsoever which may be an Impediment to the full Execution
of the Purposes of this Act, and to do and execute all and every
Things and Thing necessary or convenient for erecting, building,
making, and maintaining the said Bridge and Works, and Ways or
Approaches thereto, and for the other Purposes of this Act, doing as
little Damage as may be in the Execution o£ the Works aforesaid,
and making full Satisfaction and Compensation for all Lands taken
or used for the Purposes of this Act, and for all Damage done in the
Execution
thereof:
Provided always, that in building the said Bridge
no Interruption or Impediment shall be caused to the Navigation of
the said River Trent, or the Haling Path on the Side
thereof,
other-
wise or for a longer Space of Time than shall be absolutely necessary
and unavoidable ; and when the said Bridge shall be made, the same
shall at all Times hereafter be kept in good and sufficient Repair by
the said Company.
III.
And be it further enacted, That the said Bridge shall be con- Description
structed and consist of Four Arches of not less than One hundred of
the Bridge
and ten Feet Span each, and that the Centre of each of the said andWorks'
Arches shall be not less than Twelve Feet clear above the Level of
the present Haling Path contiguous to the intended Site of the said
Bridge; and that the Face of the Eastern Abutment of the said Bridge
shall be placed Twenty Feet towards the Eastern Bank of the River
from the Front of the present Staith of the Ferry; and that there
shall be constructed and made a good and sufficient Haling Path of
not less than Ten Feet in Width, and of the same Height as the
present Haling Path, with a proper and sufficient Handrail or Bal-
lustrade thereon, and which Haling Path shall be so made under the
Eastern Arch and adjoining to the Abutment, and shall be extended
for the Space of Sixty Yards on each Side of the said Bridge, and that
there shall be a clear Headway of not less than Seven Feet under the
said Arch above the Level of the said Haling Path at the Front
thereof j and that such Haling Path and Railing or Ballustrade shall
be at all Times supported and maintained by and at the Expence of
the said Bridge Company; and that the Roadway or Passage upon
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