Lincoln City Commons Act 1870
WHEREAS the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of Lincoln (herein-after referred to as "the Corporation") are lords of the manor of the city of Lincoln, and as such claim to be seized of or otherwise entitled to the inheritance in fee simple of and in the soil and freehold of four several commons situate in the city of Lincoln and county of the same city, and called respectively the Monks Leys Common, the Holmes Common, the South or Canwick Common, and the West Common:

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