Manchester Improvement Act 1865
WHEREAS it is expedient that the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Manchester (in this Act called "the Corporation") should be empowered to make a new Street in the Township and Parish of Manchester, commencing in High Street near its Junction with Turner Street, and terminating in Thomas Street opposite the End of James Street, and to acquire, by Compulsion or Agreement, for the Purposes of the said Street and other Purposes connected with the Improvement of the City or the Market...