Backwater Bridge and Road Act 1857
WHEREAS the Construction of a Bridge across the River Backwater from Little George Street on the East Side thereof in the Parish of Melcombe Regis to Little Field on the West Side thereof in the Parish of Wyke Regis in the County of Dorset, and a Turnpike Road in connexion therewith commencing on the West Side of the said River, and terminating at a Place called Powell Villa in the said County, all as herein-after described, would be of great local and public Advantage: And whereas it is expe...