Nottingham Improvement Act, 1879
WHEREAS in the parish of Bulwell, in the borough of Nottingham, there are certain common or open lands, known by the name of Bulwell Forest, and it would be of local and public advantage to enable the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Nottingham (in this Act called the Corporation) to purchase the said lands, and upon part thereof to form and maintain a public park or recreation ground for the use of the inhabitants of the said borough and the public, and upon other part thereo...