Leicester Square Act 1874
WHEREAS it would be of great local and public advantage if the garden or inclosure in Leicester Square (which is situate partly in the parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields and partly in the parish of Saint Ann Soho in the county of Middlesex) were transferred to and vested in the Metropolitan Board of Works, and proper provision were made for the care and management thereof: And whereas the objects aforesaid cannot be attained without the authority of Parliament: And whereas a plan of the sai...