Bristol Dock Act 1884
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 extending from Hanham Mills on the River Avon to the mouth of the said river at Kingroad and thence down the River Severn and the Bristol Channel from Kingroad westward to the islands called the Stipe or Steep Holmes and the Flat Holmes and are also conservators of the rivers and creeks within the said port: And whereas the Corporation are ...