Widnes Improvement Act 1867
WHEREAS the Population of Widnes (which is a Township in the Parish of Prescot in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and is the District of a Local Board constituted under "The Local Government Act, 1858,") is rapidly increasing: And whereas large and important Manufactories and Works are already established at Widnes, and new Works are making there: And whereas under the Authority of "The Widnes Gas and Water Act, 1860," the Widnes Gas and Water Company (in this Act called the Company) supply...