Killington Inclosure Act 1811
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1811 c. cxl |
ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO PRIMO
GEORGII III. REGIS.
Cap.
140.
An A& for mclofing Lands in the Townfhrp of\Ktl-
Ungtotty
in the Parifh of Kirkby Lonfdak* in the
County of
Wejltnorland*
[51ft May 1811J
W
HEREAS there are within the Townffiip of
Killington^
in the
Parifh of Kirkby Lcnfdale, in the County of
Wejlmodandy
cer-
tain Commons and Wade Grounds, containing by Eftimation
Two thoufarid thfee hundred and forty-nine Acres, or thereabouts:
And whereas the Matter, Feltows, and Scholars of Trinity
College*
within the Town andUniverfity of
Cambridge
of King Henry the Eighth's
Foundation, are Impropriators of, and entitled to, Tithes or Modufes, or
Compofitions for Tithes, arifing within the faid Townfhip of
KiUington*
and are alio Patrons of the Vicarage of Kirkby
Lonfdale
\ and the Re*
verend Jofeph
Sharpe*
Matter of Arts, is the prefent Vkar of "the faid
JParilh of Kirkby
Lonfdale,
and as fuch is entitled either by Endowment or
otherwife, to certain Vicarial Tithes* Modufes, and Compositions for
Tithes, arifing or payable withirht.he faid Townfhip-, and ThomasEverard
Upton Gentleman, is Lefite under the faid College, of the laid Tithes
or Moclufes arifing within the laid Townfhip of Killington* except:
fuch Parts thereof as the Vicar is entitled to receive as aforefaid:,
And whereas John Upton ETquire, the Reverend Henry Sill Clerk,
Daniel
Wilfon
Efquire, the Reverend JeoffrtyHornby Clerk, John Hunter
Cooke
Gentleman^ and divers other Perfons, are Lords of the Manor of
Kiliington,
and as fuch are entitled to all Mines or Minerals within and
[tec.
ts? Per*J
33 & under,
2958 5i0GEORGII III. Cap.i^o.
under the faid Commons and Wafte Grounds, and to other Right?, Royal-
ties,
Liberties and Privileges in and over the fame; and the faidJohn
Upton
Efquire, the Reverend Henry. Sill, Daniel Mlfon Elqmre, the Reverend
Jeffrey Hornby Clerk, John Hunter
Cooke
Gentleman, and divers piher
Pcrforis are alio the Owners and Proprietors of* feveral: ancient Meffuages,
Lands, Tenements, and other Hereditaments within the faid Town(hip,
and in refptft
thereof,
or otherwife, are entitled to the Herbage, P^fturage,
Royalties^ and Soil, over, upon, and within the faid 'Commons arid Wafte
Grounds, and the faid feveral Fterfons, or fome of them, are a!JQ in Right
of their MelTi^ges or otherwife, entitled to certain Mofs Dales or Turf
Dales,
or Right of digging for Turbary upon certain Parts of the faid
Commons and Wzfte Grounds : And whereas an Aft was palled in the
Forty-firft
Yeaj;
of the Reign qf His prefent Majefty King
George
the
Third, intituled, An Aft for confolidaihg in
one
A3 certain Provifions
ufually infer ted in AEls of Inclofure % and for facilitating the Mode of
proving the feveral Fails ufually required on the pafjing of fucb Ads i
And whereas the faid Commons and Wafte Grounds, in their prefent
Sfkfe, ?treof little Ufe and Advantage, and incapable of any confiderablg
Improvement, and it vtould be of great Advantage to the Peifons inte*
refted therein, and of Public Utility, if the faid Commons and Wafte
Grounds were divided andinclofed, and fpecific Parts and Shares thereof
allotted to the Proprietors thereof refpeftiveiy, according to their respec-
tive Rights and Inter-efts therein,; but as fuch Divifion:, Aljounentg ?8<j
Inclofure cannot be effefted and carried into Execution without the
Authority of Parliament
*
May it therefore pleafe Your Majefty that
it may be enafted ; and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent
Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confe'itf of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by
Commiffion- l^e Authority of the fame, That ^kQmas Wakefield, of Tealan^Jtt tlje
mappointed. County of Lancafler^ Gentleman, and
Thomas
Buttle, of Kirkby
Lonfdale^
in the County of
Wefimorland%
aforefaid, Gentleman, and their S^c^rs,
to be appelated. in Manner herein-after mentioned,, (hall b§ ^nd are hereby
appointed Commiflioners for felting out, dividing, arid allotting the faid
Commons and Wafte Grounds, in the Manner and accpjdiog tP the Rules?
Orders, Provifi^ns, Powers, and Directions contained in this Aft and the
faid recited Aft, fo far as the Powers, Regulations, Dife&ions, and Pro-
vifions in the faid recited Aft are'not altered orcontroultd by, or repugn
nant to thilprefent Aft ; and that the Notices by the faid recited Act re*
quired to be given in fome public Newfpaper, and all other Notices by this
Aft neceffaryor required to be given by the faid Commjflioners, fhall be
given and publilhtd in the Lancafler Gazette^ or if that Newfpaper fhall
not then bepublifhed, in fome other Newfpaper ufually circulated in the
feid County of
Wefimorland*
II.
And be it further enafted,, That if either of the faid Cornmiffioners
mfffioaerTta aPP°!rHed ty this Aft, or to be fubftituted in Manner herein-after menr
be appointed tioned before the finiihing and completion of the faid Divifion or Inclofure*
ypo,n;Vacan- {hall die, or fhall negleft, refufe, or become incapable to aft for the
Space of Forty Days, when Occafion fhajl require his or their Attendance
for carrying this Aft into Execution, then and in every fuch die the
major Part in Vdue ffuch Value to be afcertained according to the Land
Tax Aflrtflm,ent);of the Proprietors of MdTuages, Lands, and Tenements
entitled; to Right of Common upon the faid Common* and Wafte
$ Grpunda
ties.
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