Witham Drainage (Steeping River) Act 1885
WHEREAS by the Act of the second year of the reign of King George the Third "for draining and preserving certain low lands called the Fens lying on both sides of the River Witham in the county of Lincoln and for restoring and maintaining the navigation of the said river from the High Bridge in the city of Lincoln through the borough of Boston to the sea" (hereafter in this Act referred to as "the Act of 1762") the low lands and grounds in that Act comprised were divided into six districts cal...