The Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement Act, 1854
WHEREAS, there is in the Level of Hatfield Chase, in the Counties of York, Lincoln, and Nottingham, a large Extent of low Lands, Marsh Lands, and Fens, containing about Eight thousand Acres, bounded on the North by the River Torne, on the South by the River Idle or by Carr's Dyke, and on the East and West by adjoining high Lands, which low Lands are situated in the several Parishes of Owston, Misterton, Haxey, Misson, Wroot, Belton, and Epworth, in the Parts of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, and in...