Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield (District) Waterworks Act 1870
WHEREAS the borough of Ashton-under-Lyne, part of and situate within the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne in the county palatine of Lancaster (in this Act called the borough of Ashton), is a municipal borough under the local government of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Ashton (in this Act called the Corporation of Ashton):

And whereas by the Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Waterworks Act, 1855, the Corporation of Ashton were empowered to purchase and maintain waterworks and to...