The Universities and College Estates Act 1858
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and the Colleges in those Universities, and the Colleges of Saint Mary of Winchester near Winchester, and of King Henry the Sixth at Eton, should be empowered to sell, enfranchise, and exchange their Lands under certain Conditions, and also to grant Leases for Agricultural, Building, and Mining Purposes, and to deal with the Interests of their Lessees under proper Reservations and Restrictions; And whereas the sev...