Bristol Dock Act, 1897
WHEREAS the mayor aldermen and burgesses of the city of Bristol (in this Act called "the Corporation") are conservators of the port and harbour of Bristol (in this Act called "the port") extending from Hanham Mills on the River Avon to the mouth of that river at Kingroad and thence down the River Severn and the Bristol Channel from Kingroad westward to the islands called respectively "the Stipe Holmes" otherwise "the Steep Holmes" and "the Flat Holmes" and are also conservators of the rivers ...