Strensall Common Act, 1884. An Act to provide for ascertaining any rights of common or other rights in or over Strensall Common, in the north riding of the county of York, and for the acquisition and compensation of such rights, and the use of the said Common and adjoining land for military and other purposes.
WHEREAS in pursuance of the Military Forces Localisation Act, 1872, the Secretary of State for the War Department (in this Act referred to as the Secretary of State) has purchased, by agreement, the soil in the common known as Strensall Common, in the parish of Strensall, in the north riding of the county of York, the uninclosed portions of which are in this Act referred to as Strensall Common:

And whereas the object of such purchase was to obtain an area for a military training ground and s...