The Thames Embankment Land Act 1873
WHEREAS in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two a scheme was submitted to Parliament for the embankment of part of the northern shore of the river Thames, and such scheme was carried into effect by the Thames Embankment Act, 1862: And whereas in and previously to the said year, by virtue of the Thames Conservancy Act, 1857, and an arrangement made between the Crown and the corporation of the city of London, after protracted litigation as to the title to the soil and foreshore of ...