Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent Drainage Act 1854
Cap. clxxviii. An Act for the more effectual Drainage and Improvement of certain Lands in the Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent in the East Riding of the County of York, and for other Purposes. [24th July 1854.] WHEREAS by reason of defective Drainage, or Liability to Floods, the Value of the Lands herein-after described, situate in the Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent in the East Riding of the County of York, is much diminished: And whereas it would be of great Advantage to the Owners and Occupiers...