New River Act 1605
| Year | 1605 |
(3 Ja. 1) C A P. XVIII.
'FOR that it is found very convenient and necessary to have a fresh Stream of running Water to be brought to the North Parts of the City ofLondon , from the Springs of Chadwell and Amwel , and other Springs in the County of Hertford not far distant from the same, which upon View is found very feasible, and like to be profitable to many;' It is therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, and by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful to the Lord Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London , and their Successors, at any Time or Times hereafter, to begin and continue the laying out of such convenient Limitsof Ground for the Making of the Trench for the said River at the Breadth of ten Foot and not above, as to them and their Deputies and Workmen, with the Allowance of the Commissioners hereafter mentioned, or any Seven of them, shall be seen convenient and meet for the same; (2) and in that Place that they shall find to be most apt and meet for that Purpose, to have and take for the Purpose abovesaid, the Use and Liberty of such and so much Ground, as shall contain ten Footin Breadth and not above, during and by all the Length as the said new Channel, Cut or River, shall pass, for the Conveying of the said Water form the said Springs to the City ofLondon , leaving the Inheritance of the new Cut in the Owners thereof:
II The Mayor, &c. of London may make and maintain the New Cut.
II. And that the said Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens ofLondon , and their Successors for ever, for the Consideration hereafter expressed, shall have Liberty to dig the same Ground to be employed for the said River or New Cut, not exceeding ten Foot in Breadth along all the said whole Length of the said River or New Cut, and from Time to Time for ever to maintain and preserve the same, and to lay the Earth there digged or to be digged on either Side of the same River or New Cut, in such Places as shall be thought meet for that Purpose; (2) and to have free Passage to and from the said New Cut or River, with Men, Horses, Carts and Carriages at all Times convenient, and in Places convenient, for making of the same New Cut or Trench, and for the Preserving of the same, and of the Banks thereof from Time to Time for ever, to the Intent that no Part of the said Stream be at any Time after the Making of the New Cut, without the Consent of the Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of London , turned or conveyed out of the same New Cut or Watercouse.
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