The Pagham Harbour Reclamation Act, 1873
WHEREAS there is near Selsey in the county of Sussex a bay or arm of the sea called Pagham Harbour, nearly the whole bed and shore whereof is uncovered and dry at low tide:

And whereas by the construction of an embankment or sea wall across the mouth of the said harbour or bay, and also by the construction of the works herein-after described, the whole or greater part of the said harbour or bay could be reclaimed, and the bed and soil thereof, which is now at low water mud or waste land, cou...