Thames Valley Drainage Act, 1871
WHEREAS the drainage of divers lands adjoining and near to the river Thames and its tributaries, in the counties of Berks, Oxon, Wilts, and Gloucester, is defective, and in consequence thereof the value of the aforesaid lands is much diminished: And whereas it would be of public benefit as well as of great advantage to the owners and occupiers of such lands if provision were made for the drainage of such lands, and if the same were placed under the authority of commissioners and district boar...